By Jamie Mcginnes PUBLISHED: 10:54 EST, 21 September 2012 | UPDATED: 10:56 EST, 21 September 2012 Argentina has unveiled a coin to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its invasion of the Falklands, inscribed with the year it claims Britain seized the islands. The South American nation's Central Bank will put into circulation 4.9 million of the two peso coins, which bear the dates 1833 and 1982-2012. In a statement the bank said that 1833, since when the islands have been under continuous British rule, represented the 'year of the usurpation by Great Britain'. Rewriting history: The Argentine coin commemorates the '30th anniversary of the recovery of the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich'
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Coin inscribed with dates 1833 - the 'year of the usurpation by Great Britain' - and 1982-2012
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It marks the latest attempt by the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to stoke controversy
The Falklands is to hold a referendum next year on its status as a @placeholder territory in a move designed to send a clear message to Argentina about the population's wishes.