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5 Pesos General Urquiza
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Forward-facing effigy of General Justo José de Urquiza occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail. Flanking the portrait at mid-height are the dates 1801 to the left and 2001 to the right, marking the bicentennial of his birth. The lower arc bears the legend GRAL. JUSTO JOSE DE URQUIZA, while the upper arc reads REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, both inscribed in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a detailed architectural view of a sector of the Estancia San José, Urquiza's historic estate in Entre Ríos province. To the right of the design, the face value numeral 5 appears prominently, with the denomination legend PESOS inscribed below it. The inscription SAN JOSE is placed in inverted orientation across the field, while the commemorative dates 1851 and 2001 appear in the border area, recalling the Pronunciamiento de Urquiza of 1851. The overall layout follows medal alignment with a vertical axis of rotation. |
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Justo José de Urquiza defeated Rosas at the Battle of Caseros in February 1852, ending more than two decades of authoritarian rule and opening the path to Argentina's 1853 constitution. The gold 5 Pesos series commemorating national heroes had been issued intermittently since the 1880s, with Urquiza's inclusion a deliberate political rehabilitation — his reputation had long been complicated by earlier alliances with the very caudillo system he ultimately dismantled.
The 2001 date places this piece in one of Argentina's most turbulent economic moments, just months before the December corralito banking freeze and sovereign default.