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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Porsche2007, post: 1205284, member: 3757&quot;]During 2011-01-06, the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic opened (until 20 January) a public licitation process to acquire 300 million coin blanks from a foreign nation. An interested part should have considered that Argentina desires &quot;blanks of bimetallic conformation, with ring of golden alloy and nucleus of silvery alloy&quot;. The Mint of Finland&#039;s proposal was accepted. To finalize and accommodate the planchets, should cost 33 million USD. </p><p>Argentina accepts 100 exemplary blanks that are presented within a month. In less than 120 days, 50,000 blanks are brought to the country; until the completion of the total quantity, 50,000 blanks continue to arrive in 30-day lapses. The official exchange of bills to coins is scheduled to commence during the proximate November. A representative from the Finnish part specified that &quot;everything&#039;s marching well&quot;. </p><p>The Argentine mint declared the presence of a cockade within the coin&#039;s design. Two-peso coins will possess a bigger size than the current, one-peso coins. A qualified spokesman said that the addition of a <i>new</i>, denominational coin has no relation with the country&#039;s inflation. The two principal reasons of the inclusion are &quot;a lack of coins in circulation, and the eventual elimination of the 2$ bill&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the U. S. eliminates the bills of one and two dollars, could it be efficient to add a two-dollar coin? In the above example, Argentina pays 33 million USD for the possible production of 600 million ARS (about 146 million USD). The census of 2010 registered 40,091,359 people inside of the republic.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>Technical specifications of the blanks.</p><p>1. Element: blanks to mint coins of 2$.</p><p>2. Quantity: 300.000.000 (three hundred million)</p><p>3. Technical characteristics:</p><p>--3.1. Alloys. Chemical composition:</p><p>---3.1.1. Ring: CuAlNi 2. Al: 5,0-6,5%; Ni: 1,8-2,2%, Cu: 91,5-93,0%.</p><p>---3.1.2. Nucleus: CuNi 25. Ni: 24,5-25,5%; impurities: &lt;0,6%, Cu: the rest.</p><p>--3.2. Conductivity: 5,5% IACS ± 0,5% IACS</p><p>--3.3. Unitary weight: 7,20 g ± 3,5%</p><p>--3.4. Weight by 100 blanks: 720 g ± 1%</p><p>--3.5. Height of the border: 15-25% of the resultant thickness in the center of the blank</p><p>--3.6. Diameter: </p><p>---3.6.1. Ring (external): 24,30 mm ± 0,03 mm</p><p>---3.6.2. Nucleus: 17,00 mm.</p><p>--3.7. Ovality: maximum 0,05 mm</p><p>--3.8. Hardness: 75-95 HV-30[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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