50 Centésimos

Features

Issuer	Uruguay
Period	Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1825-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1994-2008
Value	50 Centésimos (0.50 UYU)
Currency	Peso uruguayo (1993-date)
Composition	Stainless steel
Weight	3.0 g
Diameter	21 mm
Thickness	1.3 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1 July 2010
Number	N# 3055
References	KM# 106 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , SA# 136, 139, etc. Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 151, 160, 167, 174, etc. Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022. , Schön# 90 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Bust of Jose Gervasio Artigas to right (National Hero), sorrounded by country name

Script: Latin

Lettering: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY

Translation: Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Reverse

Laurel sprig on left, value on right, date in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50
CENTESIMOS
1998

Translation:
50 Cents
1998

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date)
	Mint of Brazil (Casa da Moeda do Brasil), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1694-date)
	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
	Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid), Spain (1591-date)
	South African Mint, Centurion, South Africa (1992-date)

Comments

Variant found for 2005 coin (see examples section below):
A) Reverse with bold letters for "CENTESIMOS" and "2005". Number 5 bigger and closer to olive branch.
B) Reverse with fine letters for "CENTESIMOS" and "2005". Number 5 smaller and far from olive branch.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1994	40 000 000		$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.36	$ 0.67	$ 0.68	SA# 136 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 151 Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022.	Rio de Janeiro mint	56%
1998	40 000 000	$ 0.38	$ 0.38	$ 0.38	$ 0.47	$ 0.47	$ 0.60	SA# 139 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 160 Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022.	Monnaie de Paris	47%
2002	10 000 000			$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 1.20	SA# 142.1.1 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 167.1.A Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022.	Coin rotation - South Africa mint	16%
2002								SA# 142.1.2 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 167.1.B Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022.	Medal rotation rotation - South Africa mint	0.16%
2002								SA# 142.1.3 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 167.1.C Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022.	90º/270º rotation - South Africa mint	0.03%
2002								SA# 142.1.4 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 167.1.D Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022.	Other rotation - South Africa mint	0.06%
2005								SA# 145 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 174.1 Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022.	Spain mint - Thick letters	0.5%
2005	15 000 000			$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.39	$ 0.58	SA# 145 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 174.2 Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022.	Spain mint - Thin letters	17%
2008	35 000 000			$ 0.35	$ 0.41	$ 0.79	$ 0.79	SA# 151 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9^th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 181 Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022.	Kremnica mint	10%

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