Buenos Aires 1854 2 reales
This specimen was lot 1093 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires), copper 2 reales, 1854, NGC MS 63 RB, finest and only example in NGC census. Light red color all over with lovely muted luster, fiber strike-through in BU of BUENOS probably related to a natural flaw on A of REALES on other side, very rare grade for this issue." This type was struck 1853-56 and is common in low grade. The next issue (KM 11) of 1860-61 closed out the series of coppers from Buenos Aires. Regular federal coinage began in 1882.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 6-8 g, copper, 31-32 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Janson-19.1.2; KM-9.
- Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo José, Monedas de la República Argentina, Asociación Numismática Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1965.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1574-2015, Buenos Aires, 2015.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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