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Monetary unit: Uruguayan peso = 100 centesimos. Coins in circulation: 1, 2, 5, 10 pesos. Issuing Bank - Central Bank of Uruguay.
Coins in circulation:
1 pesos. Obverse: In the center - the coat of arms of the country. At the top, a semicircular inscription: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. At the bottom of the coin, separated by a horizontal line, is the year of issue. Reverse: On the left - the denomination of $ 1, on the right - the image of an armadillo, below, separated by a horizontal line, the name of the animal: MULITA.
2011, Brass clad steel.Diameter - 20 mm. The weight - 3,5 g. Smooth edge. Circulation: 20.
The coin was put into circulation on 25 by the Royal Mint of Spain.
2 pesos. Obverse: In the center - the coat of arms of the country. At the top, a semicircular inscription: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. At the bottom of the coin, separated by a horizontal line, is the year of issue. Reverse: On the left - a denomination of $ 2, on the right - an image of a capybara, below, separated by a horizontal line, the name of the animal: CARPINCHO.
2011, Brass clad steel. Diameter - 23 mm. The weight - 4,5 g. Smooth edge. Circulation: 20.
The coin was put into circulation on 25 by the Royal Mint of Spain.
5 pesos. Obverse: In the center - the coat of arms of the country. At the top, a semicircular inscription: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. At the bottom of the coin, separated by a horizontal line, is the year of issue. Reverse: On the left - a denomination of $ 5, on the right - an image of an American ostrich, below, separated by a horizontal line, the name of the bird: ÑANDU.
2011, Brass clad steel. Diameter - 26 mm. The weight - 6,37 g. Smooth edge. Circulation: 10.
The coin was put into circulation on 25 by the Royal Mint of Great Britain.
10 pesos. Obverse: In the center - the coat of arms of the country. At the top, a semicircular inscription: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. At the bottom of the coin, separated by a horizontal line, is the year of issue. Reverse: In the center - an image of a cougar walking against the backdrop of the sun's rays, below, separated by a horizontal line, $ 10 denomination.
2011 Bimetal. Ring - steel clad with copper-nickel alloy, insert - steel clad with brass. Diameter - 28 mm. The weight - 10,42 g. Smooth edge. Circulation: 20.
The coin was put into circulation on 25 by the Royal Mint of Great Britain.
COINS RARELY MEETING IN CIRCULATION:
10, 20, 50 centesimos; 1, 2, 5, 10 pesos.
20 centesimos. Obverse: In the center - a portrait of General Jose Hervasio Artigas (1764 - 1850), a national hero, fighter for the country's independence. Around the edge of the Coin there is a circular inscription: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. Reverse: On the left - an olive branch, on the right - a two-line denomination: 20 CENTESIMOS. At the bottom of the coin, separated from the face value by a horizontal line, is the year of issue.
1994 Akmonital. Diameter - 18,00 mm. The weight - 2,20 g. Smooth edge.
The only year of release.
50 centesimos. Obverse: In the center - a portrait of General Jose Hervasio Artigas (1764 - 1850), a national hero, fighter for the country's independence. Around the edge of the Coin there is a circular inscription: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. Reverse: On the left - an olive branch, on the right - a two-line denomination: 50 CENTESIMOS. At the bottom of the coin, separated from the face value by a horizontal line, is the year of issue.
1998 Akmonital. Diameter - 21,00 mm., Thickness - 1,30 mm. The weight - 2,95 g. Smooth edge.
This type of coin was produced in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009.
1 pesos. Obverse: In the center - a portrait of General Jose Hervasio Artigas (1764 - 1850), a national hero, fighter for the country's independence. Around the edge of the Coin there is a circular inscription: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. Reverse: At the top - the number "1", below the inscription in two lines: $ 1 UN PESO | URUGUAYO. At the bottom of the coin, separated from the face value by a horizontal line, is the year of issue.
1994, Aluminum-bronze alloy.Diameter - 20,00 mm., Thickness - 1,50 mm. The weight - 3,50 g. Smooth edge.
This type of coin was produced in 1994, 1998, 2005, 2007.
2 pesos. Obverse: In the center - a portrait of General Jose Hervasio Artigas (1764 - 1850), a national hero, fighter for the country's independence. Around the edge of the Coin there is a circular inscription: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. Reverse: At the top - the number "2", below the inscription in two lines: $ 2 DOS PESOS | URUGUAYOS. At the bottom of the coin, separated from the face value by a horizontal line, is the year of issue.
1994, Aluminum-bronze alloy.Diameter - 23,00 mm., Thickness - 1,60 mm. The weight - 4,50 g. Smooth edge.
This type of coin was produced in 1994, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008.
5 pesos. Obverse: In the center - a portrait of General Jose Hervasio Artigas (1764 - 1850), a national hero, fighter for the country's independence. Around the edge of the Coin there is a circular inscription: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. Reverse: At the top - the number "5", below the inscription in two lines: $ 5 CINCO PESOS | URUGUAYOS. At the bottom of the coin, separated from the face value by a horizontal line, is the year of issue.
Aluminum-bronze alloy. Diameter - 26,00 mm., Thickness - 1,66 mm. The weight - 6,27 years Smooth milling.
This type of coin was produced in 2003, 2005, 2008
There is no coin in the FMD funds.
10 pesos. Obverse: In the center - a portrait of General Jose Hervasio Artigas (1764 - 1850), a national hero, fighter for the country's independence. Along the edge of the Coin there are semicircular inscriptions - above: URUGUAY, below: 1764 1850 JOSE ARTIGAS. Reverse: In the center of the Coin there is a denomination in two lines: 10 PESOS URUGUAYOS, below - a facsimile signature. At the bottom of the Coin - the year of issue. Along the edge of the Coin there is a circular inscription: SEAN LOS ORIENTALES TAN ILUSTRADOS COMO VALENTES.
2000 Bimetal. Ring - copper-nickel alloy, insert - aluminum-bronze alloy. Diameter - 27,50 mm., Thickness - 2,45 mm. The weight - 10,50 g. Smooth edge.
The only year of release.
10 pesos "The Land Regulations of 1815". Obverse: in the center of the Coin there is an image of the coat of arms of the country. At the top of the Coin there is an inscription: "REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY" (Eastern Republic of Uruguay). The year of minting is indicated at the bottom of the Coin: "2015". Reverse: in the center of the coin is a picture of the profiles of the three main estates that have benefited from the adoption of the land law (peasant, black man and Indian). At the top of the Coin there is an inscription: "EICENTENARIO DEL REGLAMENTO DE TIERRAS DE 1815" (Regulations on the land of 1815). The denomination "10" is indicated at the bottom of the Coin.
2015, Metal: center - aluminum bronze, ring - copper-nickel. Diameter - 28 mm. The weight - 10,6 years Thickness - 2,6 mm. Edge 6 grooved. Circulation: 10 (000 million) copies.
The coin has been in circulation since September 3, 2015.
