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1 Nuevo Peso Pattern
| Issuer | Uruguay |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Shape | Dodecagonal (12-sided) |
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| Obverse description | Facing right truncated bust of José Artigas, national hero and founding father of Uruguay, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail showing his characteristic high collar and civilian dress. The legend URUGUAY curves along the left periphery, while ARTIGAS appears vertically along the right periphery. The date 1976 is inscribed in the lower field beneath the portrait. A small engraver's initial appears to the left of the bust in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 NUEVO PESO |
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Uruguay's 1976 military government commissioned a series of pattern coins as part of a currency rationalization effort that would eventually replace the old peso at a rate of 1,000 to one — though the full transition to the nuevo peso system wasn't completed in circulation until 1980. Patterns from this period were struck in multiple compositional variants as the authorities evaluated production costs and durability, which explains the nickel silver alloy here rather than the cupro-nickel used for circulation strikes.