2 Pesos Centenary of the Discovery of Oil in Argentina; reeded Edge

Features

Issuer	Argentina
Period	Federal Republic (1861-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2007
Value	2 Pesos 2 ARS = USD 0.0014
Currency	Peso convertible (1992-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (Cu 75 Ni 25)
Weight	10.4 g
Diameter	30.20 mm
Thickness	2.0 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 14516
References	KM# 145.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , CJ# 7.6.1 Héctor Carlos Janson; 2020. La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino: 1574-2019 (3^rd Edition). Héctor Carlos Janson, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Schön# 157.1 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

100th anniversary of the first oil well in Argentina

Obverse

In the central imprint, in custody between the years referred to the centenary of the commemoration "1907" and "2007", presents the image of the first oil extraction tower used opportunely and, below, the legend "CDRO. RIVADAVIA ".

In the upper arch, read "REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA" and in the lower "DESCUBRIMIENTO DEL PETROLEO".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA ARGENTINA
1907 2007
CDRO RIVADAVIA
DESCUBRIMIENTO DEL PETROLEO

Translation:
ARGENTINIAN REPUBLIC
1907 2007
CDRO RIVADAVIA
DISCOVERY OF OIL

Engraver: Carlos Pedro Rodríguez Dufour

Reverse

In the middle area to the left, it shows a punching machine, and to the right the face value "2" and the word "PESOS". In the upper border, the name of the province of "CHUBUT" and in the exergue, the year of coinage "2007".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHUBUT
2
PESOS
2007

Engraver: Carlos Pedro Rodríguez Dufour

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Buenos Aires, Argentina (1875-date)

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
2007			995 000				$ 3.40	$ 3.50	$ 4.10	$ 4.20

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