Rio de las Piedras Medal, Gold Medal

SKU: 02.ARG.0113.101.01

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Attributes

country

Argentina
date of institution

March 9, 1812
remarks

The medals of the Argentine Independence were manufactured mainly at the mints of Potosí and La Plata.

History

The Rio de las Piedras Medal (Medalla del Rio de las Piedras) was authorised by the Junta of the United Providences of the Rio de la Plata, in recognition of the revolutionary hero General Manuel Belgrano and his troops who defeated the Spanish troops near Tucumán on September 3, 1812.

The Medal features an obverse inscription that stands for "La Patria Reconocida a sus Naturales Beneméritos Hijos, Libertad,” which can be translated to "The Recognised Fatherland to Its Natural Worthy Sons, Freedom."