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Buenos Aires, Argentina, gold medal, 1854, Constitution, struck over an Ecuador 4 escudos 1839, very

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, gold medal, 1854, Constitution, struck over an Ecuador 4 escudos 1839, very
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Buenos Aires, Argentina, gold medal, 1854, Constitution, struck over an Ecuador 4 escudos 1839, very rare. Cunietti-135; Rosa-236/39; Burzio-5-10. 13.45 grams. Obverse with a bull, above legend EN 23 DE MAYO DE 1854 / EL ESTADO DE BUENOS AIRES; reverse with FUERTE Y UNIDO / JURA SU CONSTITUTION POLITICA around hands holding a book with a wreath encircling. Although 8,000 were struck in copper and 2,575 in silver, very few were made in gold struck on 4 escudos with only 5-6 known today. AU with light hairlines.