En unión y libertad

{{Short description|National motto of Argentina}}

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{{lang|es|En unión y libertad}} (Spanish for "in unity and freedom") is Argentina's national motto.{{cite web |url=http://www.centrosanfrancisco.org.ar/noticias/UNION.pdf |title=En unión y libertad |last=Pezzano |first=Luciano |website=Centro Filatélico y Numismático San Francisco |page=1 |language=Spanish |trans-title=In unity and freedom |accessdate=3 January 2014 |quote=El objeto de este estudio es la divisa "En Unión y Libertad", auténtico lema nacional ...}}{{cite web |url=http://www.caei.com.ar/sites/default/files/cultura.pdf#page=17 |title=La cultura como factor de un poder de estado |last=Fernández |first=Sebastián Martín |website=Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales |page=17 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Culture as a factor of a state power |format=PDF |accessdate=3 January 2014 |quote=El lema de la Argentina es desde la Asamblea del Año XIII "En Unión y Libertad". |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104005813/http://www.caei.com.ar/sites/default/files/cultura.pdf#page=17 |archive-date=4 January 2014 |url-status=dead }} It appeared for the first time on the earliest Argentine gold and silver coins, as established by the 1813 General Assembly{{cite web|url=http://www.me.gov.ar/efeme/escudonacional/asamblea.html |title=Asamblea General Constituyente. Sesión del 12 de Marzo de 1813 |website=Ministerio de Educación de la Nación |language=Spanish |trans-title=General Constituent Assembly. Session of March 12, 1813 |accessdate=3 January 2014 |quote=... por el reverso un Sol que ocupe todo el centro, y alrededor la inscripción siguiente: En Unión y Libertad ... |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104034616/http://www.me.gov.ar/efeme/escudonacional/asamblea.html |archivedate=4 January 2014 }} during the War of Independence of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from the Spanish Empire. The motto is considered to be a reference to the ideals of French Revolution.{{cite book |last=Gómez|first=Adriana|year=2005|title=El dinero y las palabras: conexiones insospechadas|location=Buenos Aires|publisher=Prometeo|page=40|isbn=978-987-574-026-6|language=Spanish}}

It can be seen in all peso coins and banknotes currently in circulation.{{Cite web |title=Monedas de la República Argentina |trans-title=Coins of the Republic of Argentina |url=https://www.bcra.gob.ar/MediosPago/Nueva_familia_monedas.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619030223/https://www.bcra.gob.ar/MediosPago/Nueva_familia_monedas.asp |archive-date=2022-06-19 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=www.bcra.gob.ar |language=Spanish}}