Uruguay 1942-So peso

from the Acanthite collection

from the Acanthite collection

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1942 only, at Santiago, Chile. It commemorates José Artigas, who led the forces of independence against Spain and later against Brazil and Argentina. For his efforts, he was rewarded with ostracism, exile and poverty. Uruguayan coinage was sporadic in the nineteenth century and many issues are rare; this one is common, and represents a reduced weight from the previous peso issue in 1917.

Recorded mintage: 9,000,000.

Specification: 9 g, 0.720 fine silver, 0.2083 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 30.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

Link to:

• 1895 peso
• 1924 centésimo
• 1942 20 centésimos
• 1943 50 centésimos
• Coins and currency dated 1942
• return to coins of Uruguay