1076074 | NEW FRANCE. Patagonia, Argentina. Orlie-Antoine de Tounens. (Self-declared King, 1860-1878).
1874 CU Fantasy Peso. PCGS PR64RD (Red). Edge: Plain. 37mm. 21.98gm. Crowned arms
/ Denomination and date surrounded by wreath and 11 stars. KM X4 Type 1; Lecompte 6.
Copper variant.
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48000076
Orelie-Antoine de Tounens (born Antoine Tounens) (1825-78) was a French lawyer and adventurer who proclaimed himself king of AraucanÃa and Patagonia (Argentina) by a decree on 17 November 1860. He made it to South America but was declared insane and expelled by Chile in 1862. He reappeared in 1869 but deported to France in 1871 and again in 1874 and 1876. He also created the Royal Order of the Star of the South for his ephemeral South American realm.
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