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2 Escudos
| Issuer | La Rioja |
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| Year | 1843 |
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| Weight | 6.75 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ETERNO LOOR AL RESTAURADOR ROSAS 2 E |
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La Rioja's gold coinage of the early 1840s belongs to the chaotic monetary period following Argentine independence, when provincial authorities — lacking any coordinated federal monetary policy — struck their own gold and silver on irregular schedules determined largely by local treasury needs. This 2 Escudos was issued under provincial authority at a moment when Buenos Aires and the interior were locked in ongoing political conflict over centralism versus federalism, and interprovincial trade made a functioning local gold coinage genuinely necessary rather than ceremonial.
Provincial Argentine gold of this type survives in small numbers; most examples that do appear show significant circulation wear, suggesting these pieces actually moved through commerce rather than sitting in reserve.