Uruguay 1960 50 centesimos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in 1960 only. It is the next-to-last issue of this denomination. There are a similar twenty-five centésimos and one peso (KM 40, KM 42). The sixties saw the beginning of the hyperinflation that would devour Uruguayan prosperity and aggravate the right wing/Marxist conflicts of the seventies.

Recorded mintage: 18,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 41.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1953 2 centésimos
• 1960 5 centésimos
• 1960 10 centésimos
• 1960 25 centésimos
• 1960 peso
• Coins and currency dated 1960
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