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2 Centavos
| Issuer | Argentine Confederation |
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| Year | 1854 |
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| Currency | Peso (1853-1862) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting the Sol de Mayo, a radiant sun with a stylized human face, composed of alternating straight and wavy rays emanating from a circular disc, all set within a plain field. The circumferential legend CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 1854 appears in the lower field between two raised dots. The entire design is bordered by a beaded inner circle. |
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| Reverse description | Plain field bearing the denomination expressed in two lines at center, DOS above CENTAVOS in raised serif lettering of progressively larger size. The circular legend TESORO NACIONAL arcs along the upper periphery, and BANCO appears along the lower periphery, together framing the denomination. The design is enclosed within a continuous beaded border. |
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The Argentine Confederation was a short-lived federal entity distinct from the rival State of Buenos Aires, which had seceded from the union in 1852 following the fall of Rosas. This coin was struck at a moment when the Confederation, governed from Paraná, lacked its own mint and contracted production abroad — these coppers were struck in Birmingham, England, by Ralph Heaton & Sons. The political division that necessitated a separate coinage ended with the Battle of Pavón in 1861, after which Buenos Aires absorbed the Confederation entirely.