Uruguay 1981 2 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in 1980-81 at Santiago, Chile. Uruguayan coinage was sporadic in the twentieth century and many issues are rare; this one is common. Uruguay fell victim to the same hyperinflation which befell her neighbors Argentina and Brazil and the coinage was reformed twice, in 1975 and 1994.

Recorded mintage: 95,000,000 plus a few in gold (KM 77a).

Specification: 7 g, copper-nickel-zinc, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 77.

Source:

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

Links to:

• 1980 nuevo peso
• 1980 5 nuevos pesos
• 1981 10 centésimos
• 1981 20 centésimos
• 1981 50 centésimos
• 1981 10 nuevos pesos
• 1981-So 100 pesos, hydroelectric dam, struck in gold
• 1981-So 5,000 pesos, hydroelectric dam
• Coins and currency dated 1981
• return to coins of Uruguay