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500 Nuevos Pesos – Uruguay

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: Paysandu defense / General Leandro Gomez

Uruguay

Context

Year: 1986

Issuer: Uruguay

Period:

Oriental Republic of Uruguay

(since 1825)

Currency:

Nuevo peso

(1975—1993)

Demonetization: 15 September 1991

Total mintage: 6,000

Material

Diameter: 33 mm

Weight: 12 g

Silver weight: 10.80 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 90% Silver

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

References

KM: #90

Numista: #48905

Value

Exchange value: 500 UYN

Bullion value: $29.94

Obverse

Description:

Ruins of the Basilica of Paysandú, Uruguay, 1865. Colonel Leandro Gómez led the city's nearly year-long defense before its fall on 2 January 1865. He was executed after capture and later promoted to General posthumously. An original mintage of 3,000 coins was stolen in transit; 6,000 were subsequently struck.

Inscription:

DEFENSA DE PAYSANDU

N$ 500

URUGUAY

1986

Translation:

DEFENSE OF PAYSANDU

N$ 500

URUGUAY

1986

Script: Latin

Language: Spanish