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2 Pesos Eva Perón, reeded edge
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Weight | 10.4 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a stylized composition commemorating the 50th anniversary of Eva Perón's death. A banner bearing the legend EVITA is displayed prominently at the upper center, backed by radiating sunrays emanating from behind it. Below the banner, the field is divided into two registers: the left side depicts a densely rendered crowd of figures in low relief, evoking the masses gathered in her honor, while the right side bears the large denomination numeral 2. The date of her death, 1952, appears to the left of the numeral, with the inscriptions PESOS and 2002 below, the latter denoting the year of issue. |
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This coin was issued under a decree pushed through in the final weeks of the Peronist government before the catastrophic 2001–2002 economic collapse that saw five presidents in ten days and the freezing of bank deposits under the corralito. The timing is striking: a commemorative honoring Eva Perón entered circulation precisely as Argentina suspended convertibility and defaulted on roughly $100 billion in sovereign debt — the largest default in history at the time.
The reeded-edge variety (KM#135.1) is distinguished from the plain-edge KM#135.2, a split that emerged from production inconsistencies at the Casa de Moneda rather than any deliberate policy change.