I spent six weeks in Argentina in 1981 and received these two coins in change: Argentina 50 Pesos 1979 Aluminum-bronze, 26.2 mm, 7.6 gm Conquest Of Patagonia Desert Centennial Argentina 100 Pesos 1979 Aluminum-bronze, 27.2 mm, 8.0 gm Conquest Of Patagonia Desert Centennial
My dad was stationed in Brazil during WWII and brought these home with him in 1946. I know they are not coins but …
I don't think we will ever see again, a player scoring four times in a final and still end up on the losing side.
I've always like the beautiful sun face 8 reales and 8 soles of Argentina, from the early days of the republic. I think it is one of the prettiest designs of the 19th century.
Finally, some of the earlier sunface types. I'll post a couple of mine, not quite as early but very rare issues that are not found frequently. Argentina, 8 Soles, 1836, Province of La Rioja, Juan Manuel Rosas, dictator of Argentina 1829-1852 also said to be a silver die trial for the 1836 8 Escudos of the same design NCG AU-details Argentina, 8 Reales, 1840, Province of La Roija "The Rebel Peso" or the Unitarian coin issued by the Unitarians who opposed Rosas. It carries the 1st mention of the Argentine Republic. They lost and Rosas ordered all their coins destroyed. Many were but perhaps 12-20 remain. Natural companion piece to the above. The large majority appear to be damaged. NGC-EF40
I like coins from Argentina, especially the earlier 'Sun Face' issues 1813-1815. I only have these: the 1815 4 Soles is very rare. The denomination is itself quite a bit scarcer than the 8, 1/2, 1 and 2 reales. There are only 4-5 known of this particular 4 Soles variety.
This coin is one of the more common ones from the early republic. However, this is as nice as they come.
As a companion to the lovely 1815 4 soles posted by Eduard today, here's the 8 soles, purchased many years ago from Karl Stephens Argentina, 8 soles, Potosi mint, 1815 FL, S over R denomination. CJ 6.1 26.91 grams
