The inscriptions along the rim: title of state in Spanish, in the center - portrait of J.Artigas right.

Jose Gervasio Artigas (1764 - 1850) was a national hero of Uruguay and is sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan independence".

 In the center: numeral and word denomination. Below - the year of minting.

 The present currency, the peso uruguayo was adopted in 1993 and is subdivided into 100 centésimos.