URUGUAY
KM 106 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
20 centimos | 21.0 | 3.0 | Plain | Stainless Steel | Coin |
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: laurel twig, face value. Below - the year of minting. The present currency, the peso uruguayo was adopted in 1993 and is subdivided into 100 centésimos. |