The inscriptions along the rim: title of state in Spanish, in the center - bust of Rodo divides dates of his life.

José Enrique Rodó (15 July 1872 – 1 May 1917) was a Uruguayan essayist.

Centennial - birth of Rodo. In the center: face value, the year of minting. On the left - pen, below - image of book as symbols of writer's labour.