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The following is an article excerpt from CoinweekUnveiled last year, the note's release ahead of the 32nd anniversary of the Falklands War is bound to stir nationalist fervor in both Argentina and the U.K.The Central Bank of Argentina (Banco Central de la República Argentina) is set to begin issuing new 50 peso notes honoring the nation's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Isla Malvinas), in time for the 33rd anniversary of the Falklands War on April 2, 2015. Read the Entire Article
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China
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Has anybody told Argentina that they lost that war? :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This ought to go over good.
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Germany
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The problem is that the current government is in a big mess, and sees nationalism as the way of brushing all the dirt under the carpet.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Quite possibly so, but that also applies to the Argentine government. ;)
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Canada
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They lost the war but not their commitment to get one day them back.
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United States
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This could be the very first instance of a nation issuing a note honoring two resounding military failures and a consistently unenforceable territorial claim. I can't imagine what they are thinking, celebrating getting the British Crown to colonize the islands, then NOT being able to wrest them back, while having the world community looking on with complete disinterest, since the Falkland Islanders want exactly *zero* to do with the Argentine Government. In March of 2013 a referendum was held in the islands and 99.8 percent of voters indicated wanting to stay a part of Britain.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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In 1832/33 Britain occupied the islands, threw the Argentine administration out, and the conflict has been "mostly dormant" since then. Ah well, in 2007 the Falkland Islands issued coins that commemorated the "25th Anniversary of Liberation" while Argentina issued coins that commemorated "sus heroes" of that war. May well be the first note of that kind though ...
Christian
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Wanted to share my first new 50 Pesos not that I got from the grocery store last week. I've lived in Argentina for a year now and just about nobody here ever talks about Las Malvinas (at least with me, haha). Anyway, not the best pictures... sorry. If I get a pretty note I'll whip out the dslr and get a better pic if interested. I do really like the Guacho on horseback. Huge national symbol that's a lot more fun than some island's in my humble opinion  .   |
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Germany
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I'm trying to imagine the Argentinians attacking the Falkland Islands on horseback.
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Germany
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I'm trying to imagine the Argentinians attacking the Falkland Islands on horseback. That is not quite what the reverse is about. ;) "On August 26, 1833, eight months after the British took control of the Falkland Islands, Rivero led a group of Creoles and Indians in an attack against the senior members of Vernet's settlement." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_RiveroChristian |
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