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100 Pesos Pattern
| Issuer | Uruguay |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 PESOS 1972 |
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Uruguay's early 1970s coinage program was complicated by chronic inflation that rendered denominations obsolete almost as fast as they could be authorized. This 100 Pesos piece was struck as a pattern — meaning it never reached circulation — likely evaluated as part of an effort to rationalize the currency before the 1975 redenomination that replaced 1,000 old pesos with a single new peso.
The unusual ternary alloy — copper, zinc, and nickel in proportions that deviate from standard nickel silver — suggests the mint was testing cost-effective alternatives to more expensive cupronickel compositions under fiscal pressure.