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1 Peso Pattern - France
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The central field bears a faithful replica of the obverse design of Argentina's first national coin (KM#9), featuring the Inca sun symbol as originally struck in 1813. The country name REPUBLICA ARGENTINA arcs along the upper outer rim, while the legend EN UNION Y LIBERTAD and the original mint marks and denomination references of the 1813 prototype appear in the lower rim. An additional commemorative legend PRIMERA MONEDA PATRIA (First Coin of the Motherland) is inscribed within the outer ring, celebrating the historical significance of the prototype issue. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA EN UNION Y LIBERTAD·PTS·J·8S ·1813· · PRIMERA MONEDA PATRIA · (Translation: Argentinian Republic In Unity and Liberty·PTS·J·8S ·1813· ·First Coin of the Motherland·) |
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In the early 1990s, Argentina was rebuilding monetary credibility from scratch after the catastrophic hyperinflation of the late 1980s had rendered the austral worthless. The 1991 Convertibility Law pegged the new peso one-to-one with the US dollar, and coin design became a surprisingly political exercise — multiple pattern submissions were evaluated before the final production type was settled. This piece represents the French proposal, one of at least two competing bimetallic configurations considered before Buenos Aires committed to the issued design.
The France attribution refers to the Monnaie de Paris as the originating mint for this pattern submission.