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40 Centavos Fuertes Pattern
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Value | 40 Centavos Fuertes (0.40 ARF) |
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| Reverse description | The Argentine national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a handshake within a shield surmounted by a radiant May Sun, flanked by two crossed Argentine national flags on each side and two stars at lower left and right. The upper legend LEY DEL 25 DE SETIEMBRE 1878 arcs around the top, while the denomination 40 CENTAVOS FUERTES curves along the lower portion. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Argentina's 1879 coinage patterns emerged from a period of acute monetary instability, when the national government was actively debating whether to abandon provincial coinage systems in favor of a unified decimal currency. The 40 centavos fuertes denomination was never adopted for circulation — the broader reform that followed, culminating in the peso moneda nacional of 1881, rendered the entire fuertes series obsolete before it began.
The copper striking referenced as KM#E4a is among several metal variants tested that year, distinguishing it from the silver and other trial compositions catalogued under the same CJ#29.3 grouping.