URUGUAY
KM 104 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
2 pesos | 23.0 | 4.5 | Plain | Brass | Medal |
Obverse | Reverse | ||
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. |