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8 Escudos Pattern
| Issuer | La Rioja |
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| Year | 1836 |
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| Currency | Real (1821-1860) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped military bust of Juan Manuel de Rosas, wearing an epauleted uniform with sash, set within a beaded border. The circular legend reads REPUB·ARGENT·CONFEDERADA around the upper periphery, with the name ROSAS centered below the bust in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in a bold, high-relief classical style typical of early Argentine provincial coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicting a mountain mass rising above crossed cannons and cannon balls, symbolizing the provinces of the Argentine Confederation. The circular legend POR LA LIGA LITORALSERA FELIZ runs around the upper periphery within a beaded border, with the denomination R·8S and date 1836 appearing in the lower field. The composition alludes to the Littoral Pact and the political aspirations of the confederated provinces. |
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La Rioja declared itself an autonomous province of the Argentine Confederation in 1820, and its brief experiment with gold coinage in the 1830s reflects the chaotic fiscal independence that characterized the interior provinces during the Rosas period. This 8 Escudos was never authorized for regular production — the pattern status places it among a handful of trial pieces struck to establish a provincial monetary standard that, in practice, never materialized.
Surviving examples are exceedingly rare, with most institutional holdings tracing back to a single dispersal.