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2 Centavos - Orllie Antoine I New France; Bronze Pattern
| Issuer | Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Currency | Peso |
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| Obverse lettering | ORLLIE-ANTOINE IER ROI D'ARAUCANIE ET DE PATAGONIE · |
| Reverse description | The denomination DOS CENTAVOS. is inscribed in two lines across the center of the field, with a horizontal rule and dot separator above the date 1874. The curved legend NOUVELLE FRANCE appears along the upper periphery, flanked on each side by a row of five-pointed stars. An open laurel wreath frames the lower portion of the central inscription, its branches meeting at the base of the field. The entire design is bounded by a dentilated border. |
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Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, a French lawyer from Périgueux, proclaimed himself king of the Araucanians and Patagonians in 1860 after convincing several Mapuche chiefs to support his sovereignty claim. The Chilean government arrested him twice and had him deported to France; he died in 1878 having never recovered his throne. These bronze patterns were struck in France in 1874 during one of his fundraising campaigns to finance a reconquest that never materialized.
No circulating coinage of this kingdom ever reached Patagonia.