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25 Centavos Pattern
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 25 Centavos |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA · EN UNION Y LIBERTAD · (Translation: Republic of Argentina · In Union and Liberty) |
| Reverse description | The denomination 25 centavos is prominently displayed in the central field, with the assayer or mint mark letter P positioned to the right of the numeral. The date 1993 appears below the denomination. A border of raised dots or granas encircles the design along the inner rim, providing a decorative frame consistent with Argentine pattern coinage of the period. |
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Pattern coinage from Argentina in 1993 falls within the period immediately following the Convertibility Plan introduced by Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo in 1991, which pegged the peso to the US dollar and triggered a wholesale redesign of the national currency system. The centavo denominations required new physical specifications to distinguish them from the inflated peso austral pieces they replaced.
Bronze was ultimately abandoned for the circulating 25 centavos in favor of aluminum-bronze, making survivors of this composition genuinely distinct from anything that entered commerce.