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2 Bolivianos Eduardo Abaroa
| Issuer | Bolivia |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 2 Bolivianos |
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| Obverse description | The Bolivian national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting an oval cartouche enclosing a landscape with Cerro Rico and a llama, surrounded by Bolivian flags, cannons, muskets, and laurel and olive branches. A condor with spread wings surmounts the shield. The circular legend ESTADO PLURINACIONAL DE BOLIVIA runs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, and a five-pointed star is positioned at the bottom of the field flanked by short dashes. |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO PLURINACIONAL DE BOLIVIA (Translation: Plurinational State of Bolivia) |
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Eduardo Abaroa was a civilian customs official killed at Calama on March 23, 1879, during the opening engagement of the War of the Pacific — Bolivia's catastrophic conflict with Chile that ultimately cost the country its entire coastline. His reported refusal to surrender ("Surrender? Your grandmother should surrender!") made him a national martyr almost immediately. Bolivia has no shortage of commemorative coinage honoring him, but the 2017 bimetallic modernization of the circulating series gave Abaroa a permanent place in everyday commerce rather than limiting him to collector issues.