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1/4 Real
| Issuer | Córdoba |
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| Year | 1833-1838 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1.1, CJ#2, CJ#3 |
| Obverse description | Central device featuring a turreted castle with a cross atop, flanked by laurel or olive branches extending to either side, all rendered in a simple provincial style. The date appears in the exergue below the castle. The overall composition is characteristic of the early republican coinage of the Argentine province of Córdoba. |
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| Reverse description | A radiant sun with a human face occupying the central field, depicted with alternating straight and wavy rays emanating from a circular disc. The facial features are rendered in a primitive but expressive provincial style, consistent with early Argentine republican coinage. The design fills the field with no surrounding legend, and a border of small dots frames the periphery. |
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Córdoba's quarter real emerged from a provincial mint operating well outside Buenos Aires' reach during the fractious early decades of Argentine independence. The United Provinces were barely a coherent monetary union — individual provinces struck their own silver on their own terms, and Córdoba was no exception. The KM#1.1 designation covers multiple die marriages catalogued separately under CJ#2 and CJ#3, distinctions that matter for serious collectors of Argentine provincial coinage.
At 7 grams for a denomination this small, the weight specification was frequently ignored in practice; assay records from the period document chronic underweight pieces passing through the Córdoba casa de moneda without rejection.