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10 Pesos Admiral G. Brown
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#74, Schön#74 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Admiral Guillermo Brown in military uniform with high collar and epaulettes, rendered in bold relief at center. A dotted border runs along the coin's rim. The legend REPUBLICA ARGENTINA arcs across the upper field, while the commemorative inscription BICENTENARIO DEL ALMIRANTE G. BROWN curves along the lower field. The dates 1777 and 1977, flanking the portrait at mid-field, mark the bicentennial of the admiral's birth. The design is executed in a classical portrait style with fine detail on the uniform and facial features. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA 1777 1977 BICENTENARIO DEL ALMIRANTE G. BROWN (Translation: Republic of Argentina 1777 1977 Bicentennial of Admiral G. Brown) |
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Admiral Guillermo Brown, an Irish-born sailor who founded the Argentine navy in 1814, is an unusual choice for a mid-1970s military junta to put on circulating coinage — but the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional was deeply invested in projecting a narrative of martial national heritage. Brown defeated a Spanish royalist fleet on the Río de la Plata that same founding year, a victory that effectively secured Buenos Aires from naval counterattack during the independence wars.
By 1977, Argentine inflation was already dismantling the peso's purchasing power at a rate that would make this denomination functionally obsolete within a few years.