The 1811 8R is always attributed as Argentine but in fact would pertain to both Argentina and Uruguay. Neither country was estanlished at the time and know as the Provinces of the Silver River. Argentina consequently stems from the spanish-italian word for silver, Argento, due to the large quantity of silver in the area.
50 centesimos 1917, silver .900, weight - 12,5 g., size - 30,4 mm, mintage - 5600000 pcs. A coins of this type were released at 1916 & 1917 only.
Siberian Man, the first coin with the legend "Republica Oriental del Uruguay", is the 5 Centesimos piece from 1840, but this coin, is not the "first" coin of Uruguay, this is the called "decimos de Buenos Ayres", this coins are dated 1822 and 1823.
I'm sure Argentinian coins circulated in Uru for many years. But if that coin which clearly refers to Buenos Aires Argentina has any claim as a Uruguayan coin, then surely the 8 Reales pieces labled "Provincias del Rio de la Plata" which circulated earlier have just as much claim as Uruguay was once one of the "Provincias" of the region. What is the story with the 5 decimo coins? What makes them Uruguayan?
20 centesimos 1942, silver .720, weight - 3 g., size - 19 mm, thickness - 1,44 mm, mintage - 18000000 pcs. Engravers: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (obverse) & Pierre Turin (reverse). The single release only.
1 peso 1942, silver .720, weight - 9 g., size - 27 mm, thickness - 1,85 mm, mibtage - 9000000 pcs. Single release. Demonetized at January 1 1961.
50 centesimos 1943, silver .700, weight - 7 g., size - 24 mm, thickness - 1,8 mm, mintage - 10800000 pcs. Single release. Demonetized at July 1 1975.
NICE. Uruguay has great coin designs--from the sun face to the lovely art deco styles. The puma is my favorite. Do you, by any chance, know of the history behind the apparent 1936 specimens? Mumu has one in the link he posted above. This is mine--in an NGC proof slab. PCGS slabs them as specimens.
5 centesimos 1951, copper, weight - 5 g., size - 23 mm, mintahe - 15000000 pcs. Santiago-de-Chile Mint. Such coins were released at 1944, 1946-49 and 1951.
Mine too, and I'm a big fan of the Morlon version of Marianne on the face. I notice that while Numista lists the original Anniversary issue of 1930 as minted in Paris, it shows no location for this one of 1936. The same with all the re-issues of the 1930 Anniversary coins, first minted in Paris and later apparently not. So my guess is yours is a proof of this re-issue, made somewhere not in Paris
I'm lucky enough to have visited Uruguay. I'm even luckier to know actual Uruguayans who showed me around when I visited. Sadly, I missed the Uruguayan bank museum in Montevideo and I didn't have time to stop at any coin stores, assuming any exist. But I've managed to stock up a number of Uruguayan coins in any case. Nice country. Great people. Nice coins. Especially the new one that depicts the Capybara ("Carpincho"). Thanks for sharing! And now... a Carpincho...
25 centesimos 1960, copper-nickel, weight - 3 g., size - 18,6 mm, mintage - 48000000 pcs. Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget. London Royal Mint. Single release.
50 centesimos 1965, aluminium, weight - 2 g., size - 23,6 mm, thickness - 2,2 mm, mintage - 50000000 pcs. Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget. Single release.
10 centesimos 1930, aluminium-bronze, weight - 8 g., size - 27 mm, thickness - 2,07 mm, mintage - 5000000 pcs. Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon. Paris Mint. "100th Anniversary from Constitution pledge". Single release. Demonetized at July 1 1975.
20 centesimos 1954, silver .720, weight - 3 g., size - 18,5 mm, thickness - 1,2 mm, mintage - 10000000 pcs. Engraver: Pierre Turin. Utrecht Mint (Netherlands). Single release.
I realize I'm quoting a post from way back in 2011 but this is the first time I've seen the thread and had to respond to this: Well put, and a wonderful way to summarize part of the appeal of world coins. They transport us to far away lands . . . at least in our imagination.
