The Museum of the Kings of Araucania in Tourtoirac, France has one 19th century Araucanian coin in its collection.
Considerable numismatic controversy surrounds the coins illustrated below. When, where and by whom they were struck is not fully known. By some accounts, these coins were struck in Berlin upon order of King Orelie-Antoine I for him to take during is ill-fated 1874 expedition to reclaim the kingdom.These coins are quite rare, but do come up for auction occasionally. In 1996, a an auction house in Colorado had two one peso coins with a reserve price of $5,000 for the pair. These pieces did not sell.
The Museum of the Kings of Araucania in Tourtoirac, France has one 19th century Araucanian coin in its collection.
Individuals who are interested in Araucanian numismatics may order from the North American Araucanian Royalist Society a packet of articles from around the globe about these coins. The postpaid price of the packet of articles - more than 150 pages - is US$20.00. Send cash or a check drawn on a US bank to the address found on the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia home page.
The above 1860 1 peso piefort sold on eBay, May 12, 2006, for US$665. It came from a dealer in Maipu, RM, Chile.
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