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1840, Argentina, Buenos Aires. Scarce Copper 1 Real Coin. VF+

Mint Date: 1804
Reference: KM-7.
Denomination: 1 Real
Condition: Minor weakness of strike, otherwise VF+
Material: Copper
Diameter: 26.2mm
Weight: 3,48gm

Obverse: Denomination numeral (1 R.) within wreath.
Legend: ! VIVA LA FEDERATION ! 1840

Reverse: Denomination (UN REAL) within wreath.
Legend: CASA DE MONEDA BUENOS-AYRES

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Buenos Aires Province (English: Good Weather) is the most populous and largest province of Argentina. Though it takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the latter is not part of the provincial territory; Buenos Aires is an autonomous city. The province´s capital is La Plata, 56 km (35 mi) south of the city of Buenos Aires.

The inhabitants of the province before the 16th century advent of Spanish colonisation were aboriginal peoples such as the Charruas and the Querandíes; but their culture has been lost for, over the next 350 years, they were subjected to a virtual genocide from which few survived. The survivors joined other tribes or have been mostly absorbed by Argentina's European majority.

Pedro de Mendoza founded Santa María del Buen Ayre in 1536 and even though the first contact with the aboriginals was peaceful, it soon became hostile. The city was evacuated in 1541. Juan de Garay re-founded it in 1580 as Santísima Trinidad y Puerto Santa María de los Buenos Aires.

Amidst ongoing conflict with the aboriginals, the cattle farms extended from Buenos Aires, whose port was always the centre of the economy of the territory. Following the creation of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata at the end of the 18th century, the export of meat, leather and their derivatives through the port of Buenos Aires was the basis of the economic development of the region.