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1/4 Real 10 Pointed Sun
| Issuer | Córdoba |
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| Year | 1853-1854 |
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| Currency | Real (1833-1854) |
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| Obverse description | The denomination is expressed as a fraction in the centre of the field, with the numeral '1' above a horizontal dividing bar and the numeral '4' below, rendered in an angular hand-punched style. The entire design is contained within a beaded border that runs along the coin's periphery. The field is plain and unadorned save for the central fraction device, lending the piece a stark, utilitarian character typical of provincial Argentine coinage of the mid-nineteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Córdoba's fractional silver issues of the early 1850s were produced under provincial authority during a period when Argentina had no unified national monetary system — each province struck its own coinage, often to incompatible standards. The ten-pointed sun variety distinguishes this type from the closely related eight-pointed emission, a distinction that matters enormously for attribution and has historically caused misidentification in general South American collections.