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1 Peso
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1881-1883 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A helmeted bust of Liberty faces left in high relief, her flowing hair rendered with fine detail and the engraver's signature OUDINE incised at the truncation of the neck. The legend LIBERTAD arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by six-pointed stars at each side. The denomination UN PESO is inscribed along the left field and the fineness notation 9 Dos FINO along the right field, with a five-pointed star centered at the bottom. A beaded border frames the entire composition. |
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Argentina's monetary unification in 1881 was genuinely consequential — before the Ley de Moneda of that year, the country had no single national currency, with provincial banks issuing competing paper and Buenos Aires operating effectively as a separate financial system. This peso fuerte was the first standardized national silver coin struck under the unified regime, minted in Buenos Aires and, for some years, supplemented by contracts with European mints.
The series spans three dated years with meaningful mintage variation between them. The 1882 date is notably scarcer in circulated grades, as production was sharply curtailed mid-series.