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Description:
Obverse
The face of General Urquiza looking straight ahead; In horizontal line, to the left, the year of its birth "1801" and to the right, the one of the commemoration "2001". In the lower arch read "Gral. JUSTO JOSE de URQUIZA" and in the upper arch "REPUBLICA ARGENTINA".
Reverse
It illustrates a sector of the Estancia San José, to the right shows the face value "5" and the word "PESOS" below and, around, the year of minting "2001" as opposed to "1851", year that recalls the pronouncement of Urquiza. In inverted form it reads "SAN JOSE". The axis of rotation of the coin is vertical.
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