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25 Pesos Ibero-American Series - The Doma Criolla
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central composition depicts a gaucho astride a rearing horse in the act of 'doma criolla,' the traditional South American horse-breaking discipline, rendered in high relief with dynamic artistic energy. The scene captures the figure leaning back with arms outstretched as the horse rears on its hind legs, conveying movement and strength. A segmented circular border frames the design, with the legend 'LA DOMA CRIOLLA' inscribed in the lower arc. The field surrounding the central motif is plain, directing full visual focus to the figurative scene. |
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| Reverse lettering | :LA DOMA CRIOLLA: |
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The Doma Criolla — the traditional Argentine gaucho horsebreaking — entered the Ibero-American commemorative series in 2000 as part of a thematic cycle that ran across multiple Latin American mints from 1992 onward, each nation contributing a subject drawn from indigenous or colonial-era cultural practice. Argentina's choice of the doma reflected a long-running cultural debate: the doma brava, in which the horse is broken through force, had by 2000 already begun losing ground to the doma racional, a gentler method championed by the horseman Félix Tschiffely and later popularized domestically by Roberto Luraguiz.