Argentina 1831-RA P 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 2224 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,942 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ARGENTINIEN, Republik. 8 Escudos 1831 RA, Rioja. 23,68 g Feingold. GOLD. RR Kl. Henkelspur, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (republic of Argentina, eight escudos of 1831, Rioja mint. Very rare, small mount mark, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The early years of independence were torn by struggles between the centralists in Buenos Aires and regionalists in La Rioja, Cordoba, Salta and elsewhere who even issued their own coinage. This type was struck for the confederation 1826-35 and all dates are expensive. This date comes with and without the assayer initial P.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27 g, 0.875 fine gold, 35 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 21, Fr-2.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo, Monedas de la Republica Argentina, 4o Ed., Buenos Aires, Cooke & Cia., 1983.
- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1574-2015, Buenos Aires, 2015.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
Links: