Uruguay 1916 50 centesimos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type of 1916-17 is listed as fairly common altho choice specimens are expensive. It was struck in Buenos Aires and accompanied a peso (KM 23) with the same design. The next issue (KM 31) was struck in Santiago in 1943 but weighed only 7 g.

Recorded mintage: 400,000.

Specification: 12.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-22.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1894 50 centésimos
• 1909-A centésimo
• 1909-A 2 centésimos
• 1917 50 centésimos
• 1917 peso
• 1920 20 centésimos
• 1924 centésimo
• 1924 2 centésimos
• Coins and currency dated 1916