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5 Pesos Death of General San Martin
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Peso convertible (1992-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the bell tower facade of the Basílica Nuestra Señora del Socorro in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, the church associated with San Martín's death, rendered in fine relief. To the right of the building, the large numeral 5 and the denomination PESOS appear prominently in the field, accompanied by a mint mark monogram above. The legend LA PATRIA AL LIBERTADOR arcs along the lower-left periphery, and the year 2000 is inscribed at the upper right. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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San Martín died in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in August 1850, having spent his final decades in self-imposed European exile after withdrawing from South American politics following his enigmatic meeting with Bolívar in Guayaquil in 1822. Argentina largely ignored him in death until nationalist sentiment made his rehabilitation politically useful. The 150th anniversary of his death in 2000 provided the occasion for this commemorative.
Fr#22 places it within a small family of modern Argentine gold issues with limited collector penetration outside South America.