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25 Pesos Ibero-American Series - Giant Armadillo
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 25 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | At center, the Argentine national coat of arms — featuring a rising sun above two clasped hands within an oval cartouche, encircled by a laurel wreath — is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. Surrounding the arms, a circular legend reads REPVBLICA ARGENTINA above and $25 : 1994 below, all within a raised inner border. The broad outer zone of the obverse is populated by ten national coats of arms of participating Ibero-American nations, arranged evenly around the circumference and separated by the raised rim, reflecting the multinational character of the commemorative series. |
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| Reverse description | At the center of the reverse, a finely detailed high-relief effigy of a giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) is depicted in left profile, its characteristic segmented carapace, elongated claws, and tapered snout rendered with naturalistic precision against a polished concave field. The animal is contained within a raised inner border. The surrounding legend, arranged along the upper arc, reads ENCVENTRO DE DOS MVNDOS, with the date 1492 positioned at the left and 1992 at the lower right, referencing the quincentennial of Columbus's arrival in the Americas. At the lower field, the Guaraní name TATÚ GUAZÚ appears in two lines, identifying the armadillo in the indigenous tongue. |
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