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<p>[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 2954393, member: 78525"]Let's look at some coins from another newly independent Latin American Republic, the Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata. This nation was formed from the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata that included parts of modern day Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia. The earliest silver issues are from 1813 after the royalist forces retreated from part of Alto Perú leaving the mint at Potosí under the control of the revolutionaries. Another issue followed in 1815 when the revolutionary forces once again controlled the mint. Ultimately, Alto Perú gained independence in 1825 taking the name Bolivia in honor of Simón Bolívar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata established their own mint at La Rioja that issued coins from 1824 to 1837. The successor state, the Argentine Confederation, would continue to issue coins from La Rioja as well as Cordoba.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an 1813 8 reales of the Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata. The sunface design on this coin is known as the Sol de Mayo from the story that the sun shone forth from the clouds at the declaration of the new, independent government in May of 1810. The design is similar to the heraldic device called the 'sun in splendor', notable for having alternating straight and wavy rays.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]722146[/ATTACH]</p><p>The example, below, is an 8 reales from La Rioja.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]722151[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 2954393, member: 78525"]Let's look at some coins from another newly independent Latin American Republic, the Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata. This nation was formed from the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata that included parts of modern day Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia. The earliest silver issues are from 1813 after the royalist forces retreated from part of Alto Perú leaving the mint at Potosí under the control of the revolutionaries. Another issue followed in 1815 when the revolutionary forces once again controlled the mint. Ultimately, Alto Perú gained independence in 1825 taking the name Bolivia in honor of Simón Bolívar. The Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata established their own mint at La Rioja that issued coins from 1824 to 1837. The successor state, the Argentine Confederation, would continue to issue coins from La Rioja as well as Cordoba. Here is an 1813 8 reales of the Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata. The sunface design on this coin is known as the Sol de Mayo from the story that the sun shone forth from the clouds at the declaration of the new, independent government in May of 1810. The design is similar to the heraldic device called the 'sun in splendor', notable for having alternating straight and wavy rays. [ATTACH=full]722146[/ATTACH] The example, below, is an 8 reales from La Rioja. [ATTACH=full]722151[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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