2 Pesos Uruguayos

Features

Issuer	Uruguay
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Uruguay (Banco Central del Uruguay)
Period	Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1825-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1994-2007
Value	2 Pesos Uruguayos 2 UYU = USD 0.050
Currency	Peso uruguayo (1993-date)
Composition	Aluminium-nickel bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel)
Weight	4.5 g
Diameter	23 mm
Thickness	1.6 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Number	N# 3056
References	KM# 104 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , SA# 138, 141, 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# 153, 162, 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# 92 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Portrait of Jose Gervasio Artigas (national hero) facing right; surrounded by country name.

Script: Latin

Lettering: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY ·

Translation: Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Engraver: Jorge Nicastro

Reverse

Value in both numerals and lettering. Date below exergue line.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
$2
DOS PESOS
URUGUAYOS
1994

Translation:
$2
Two Pesos
Uruguayos
1994

Engraver: Jorge Nicastro

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Buenos Aires, Argentina (1875-date)
	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
(So)	Casa de Moneda de Chile, Santiago, Chile (1743-date)

Comments

NOTE 1: On Obverse, the lower left point of the bust points to the U (KM# 104.1) or the P (KM# 104.2) of the word REPUBLICA

KM# 104.1 on right, KM# 104.2 on left
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NOTE 2: On 2007, mintage was made at Paris where they copied the design from 1998 issue; by mistake, they assumed the Santiago Mintmark was part of the design and didn't remove it.

Variants:
Several variants in this coin.
1994:
Rotation:
SA# 138.1.1, CG# 153.1.A, coin rotation,
SA# 138.1.2, CG# 153.1.B, medal rotation (normal issue),
SA# 138.1.3, CG# 153.1.C, 90º or 270º rotation,
SA# 138.1.4, CG# 153.1.D, other rotation.

Obverse:
Design: length of hair on back, touching or not collar, lower right point of the bust points to center of "U", or to its side, on last "U" of "URUGUAY";
typography: on "DEL" different shape of "D", round and square; different length of lower part of "L";
Reverse:
Finishing: smooth background with thin letters, high relief, or rough background with bold letter, low relief.

1998:
Rotation:
SA# 142.1.2, CG# 162.1.B, medal rotation (normal issue),
SA# 142.1.3, CG# 162.1.C, 90º or 270º rotation,
SA# 142.1.4, CG# 162.1.D, other rotation.

2007:
No variations.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1994	60 000 000	$ 0.09	$ 0.39	$ 0.39	$ 0.39	$ 0.57	$ 0.58	$ 1.70		KM# 104.1; SA# 138.1; CG# 153.1 - Buenos Aires Mint	79%
1998 So	20 000 000		$ 0.23	$ 0.42	$ 0.45	$ 0.57	$ 0.57	$ 0.99		KM# 104.2; SA# 142.1; CG# 162.1 - Casa de Moneda de Chile	30%
2007 So	25 000 000		$ 0.60	$ 0.60	$ 0.60	$ 0.67	$ 0.82	$ 1.50	KM# 104.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	KM# 104.2; SA# 150; CG# 180 - Paris Mint (see comments, NOTE 2)	33%

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