Uruguay 1998 50 centesimos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in 1994 at Rio de Janiero 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, in 1975 and 1994. This issue is accompanied by stainless steel one and two pesos.

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:

• 1994 50 centésimos
• 1994 peso
• 1994 2 pesos
• 2011 2 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1998
• return to coins of Uruguay