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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1881-1883 |
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| Composition | Silver (.900) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA * 1881 * |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Argentina's monetary unification in 1881 was less a triumph than a forced resolution. The country had been operating with a chaotic mixture of provincial currencies — Buenos Aires pesos, Córdoba reales, Entre Ríos paper — for decades after independence, and the Ley de Moneda of November 1881 finally imposed a single national system. These coins were among the first physical expressions of that law, struck at the Paris and Buenos Aires mints simultaneously as the government scrambled to fill a currency vacuum.
The CJ references distinguish die varieties across the three-year run, with differences in star counts and details that collectors still actively chase.