Uruguay 1994 50 centesimos

from the Acanthite collection

from the Acanthite collection

This type was struck in 1994 at Rio at Janeiro and in 1998 at Paris. 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. The example shown was minted after the coinage reform of 1993.

Recorded mintage: 40,000,000.

Specification: 3 g, stainless steel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 106.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1989 5 pesos
• 1992 ¼ gaucho
• 1994 peso
• 1994 2 pesos
• 1998 50 centesimos
• Coins and currency dated 1994
• return to coins of Uruguay