diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dece7b1a..4644d4aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ and this project adheres to
   `createWasmAminoConverters()` instead.
 - @cosmjs/encoding: Remove previously deprecated `Bech32` class. Please replace
   `Bech32.encode`/`.decode` with free the functions `toBech32`/`fromBech32`.
+- @cosmjs/cosmwasm-stargate: Changed the `SigningCosmWasmClient` constructor to
+  include all Amino type converters that the `SigningStargateClient` uses by
+  default, to match the default registry types ([#1384]).
 
 [#1002]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/issues/1002
 [#1240]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/pull/1240
 [#1289]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/issues/1289
 [#1291]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/issues/1291
 [#1329]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/pull/1329
+[#1384]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/pull/1384
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -54,11 +58,15 @@ and this project adheres to
   addresses for Instantiate2 ([#1253]).
 - @cosmjs/stargate: Add `txIndex` to `DeliverTxResponse` and `IndexedTx`
   ([#1361]).
+- @cosmjs/stargate: Add `createDefaultAminoConverters` to access the
+  `SigningStargateClient`'s list of default Amino type converters to match the
+  default registry types in `defaultStargateTypes` ([#1384]).
 
 [#1253]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/pull/1253
 [#1308]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/pull/1308
 [#1361]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/issues/1361
 [#1376]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/pull/1376
+[#1384]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/pull/1384
 
 ## [0.29.5] - 2022-12-07
 
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts
index 6cdad852..03f6fe2f 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   AminoTypes,
   calculateFee,
   Coin,
-  createBankAminoConverters,
+  createDefaultAminoConverters,
   defaultRegistryTypes as defaultStargateTypes,
   DeliverTxResponse,
   Event,
@@ -162,10 +162,6 @@ function createDeliverTxResponseErrorMessage(result: DeliverTxResponse): string
   return `Error when broadcasting tx ${result.transactionHash} at height ${result.height}. Code: ${result.code}; Raw log: ${result.rawLog}`;
 }
 
-function createDefaultRegistry(): Registry {
-  return new Registry([...defaultStargateTypes, ...wasmTypes]);
-}
-
 export interface SigningCosmWasmClientOptions {
   readonly registry?: Registry;
   readonly aminoTypes?: AminoTypes;
@@ -233,8 +229,11 @@ export class SigningCosmWasmClient extends CosmWasmClient {
   ) {
     super(tmClient);
     const {
-      registry = createDefaultRegistry(),
-      aminoTypes = new AminoTypes({ ...createWasmAminoConverters(), ...createBankAminoConverters() }),
+      registry = new Registry([...defaultStargateTypes, ...wasmTypes]),
+      aminoTypes = new AminoTypes({
+        ...createDefaultAminoConverters(),
+        ...createWasmAminoConverters(),
+      }),
     } = options;
     this.registry = registry;
     this.aminoTypes = aminoTypes;
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/index.ts b/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
index 62560972..23720d37 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ export {
   SearchTxQuery,
 } from "./search";
 export {
+  createDefaultAminoConverters,
   defaultRegistryTypes,
   SignerData,
   SigningStargateClient,
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts
index a1efb39b..d782e08c 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ export const defaultRegistryTypes: ReadonlyArray<[string, GeneratedType]> = [
   ...vestingTypes,
 ];
 
-function createDefaultRegistry(): Registry {
-  return new Registry(defaultRegistryTypes);
-}
-
 /**
  * Signing information for a single signer that is not included in the transaction.
  *
@@ -92,7 +88,7 @@ export interface SigningStargateClientOptions extends StargateClientOptions {
   readonly gasPrice?: GasPrice;
 }
 
-function createDefaultTypes(): AminoConverters {
+export function createDefaultAminoConverters(): AminoConverters {
   return {
     ...createAuthzAminoConverters(),
     ...createBankAminoConverters(),
@@ -163,7 +159,10 @@ export class SigningStargateClient extends StargateClient {
     options: SigningStargateClientOptions,
   ) {
     super(tmClient, options);
-    const { registry = createDefaultRegistry(), aminoTypes = new AminoTypes(createDefaultTypes()) } = options;
+    const {
+      registry = new Registry(defaultRegistryTypes),
+      aminoTypes = new AminoTypes(createDefaultAminoConverters()),
+    } = options;
     this.registry = registry;
     this.aminoTypes = aminoTypes;
     this.signer = signer;