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| General Description | This circulation coin was issued on December 12 of 2011 to commemorate the bicentennial of the Revolucion de Mayo, a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish colony that included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The result was the ousting of Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros and the establishment of a local government, the Primera Junta (First Junta), on May 25. |
| Obv. Description | The core shows the Argentine Bicentennial visual identity created by the Office of the President for this commemoration, with the inclusion of the sun in the center. The ring shown in the upper arch the inscription "REPUBLICA ARGENTINA" and in the lower arch "EN UNION Y LIBERTAD." |
| Rev. Description | The nucleus shows the face value of the coin "2 pesos" framed with the visual identity of the Argentine Bicentennial. In the lower arch of the ring presents the year of commemoration "2010", completing the perimeter with laurels and pearl. The next issuances will show the year of minting. |
| Catalog code | KM#165 |
| Diameter | 24.50 mm |
| Thickness | 2.20 mm |
| Weight | 7.2000 g |
| Material | Bi-metallic Copper-Aluminum-Nickel (ring) and Copper-Nickel (center) |
| Mint | Argentina - Sociedad del Estado Casa de Moneda |
| Edge Type | plain and reeded in segments |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
