Uruguay 1973-Mx 100 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in 1973 only and is a product of the Mexico mint. It was the last coin issued before the reform of 1975. 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: 20,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 59.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1968 50 pesos
• 1981 10 centésimos
• Coins and currency dated 1973
• return to coins of Uruguay