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10 Pesos Uruguayos José Artigas
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Peso uruguayo (1993-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing portrait bust of José Gervasio Artigas, the national hero of Uruguay, occupying the central field. The abbreviated country name URUGUAY arcs along the upper legend, replacing the customary full title REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY. Flanking the portrait in the field are the dates 1764 and 1850, recording Artigas's years of birth and death respectively. The name JOSE ARTIGAS appears as an inscription completing the legend. The effigy is rendered in a naturalistic, medallic style consistent with official commemorative portraiture. |
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| Obverse lettering | URUGUAY 1764 JOSE ARTIGAS 1850 (Translation: Uruguay 1764 José Artigas 1850) |
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Uruguay's 2000 coinage reform collapsed nine denominations into a simplified decimal structure, a direct administrative response to the chronic inflation that had rendered smaller coins functionally worthless through the 1990s. The 10 Pesos Uruguayos effectively replaced the 10,000 Nuevos Pesos — the redenomination ratio alone illustrates how badly the previous system had deteriorated. Artigas was the inevitable honoree; the revolutionary leader and founding father has anchored Uruguayan currency iconography since the nineteenth century, and no serious alternative was ever politically viable.