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1000 Pesos Uruguayos Fray Bentos
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a panoramic landscape view of the historic Anglo meatpacking industrial complex at Fray Bentos, rendered in detailed relief with factory buildings, chimneys, and riverside setting. The legend PAISAJE INDUSTRIAL Y CULTURAL - FRAY BENTOS - PATRIMONIO MUNDIAL curves along the upper and lateral fields, acknowledging the site's UNESCO World Heritage status. The face value $ 1.000 is inscribed in the exergue below the central landscape scene. |
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Fray Bentos, the small city on the Río Uruguay for which this coin is named, was once home to the Liebig Extract of Meat Company's processing plant — a facility so dominant in 19th-century global beef trade that the town's name became synonymous with canned corned beef across Europe. The plant, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, processed millions of cattle during its operational peak and supplied rations to Allied forces in both World Wars.
Uruguay has issued a number of regional commemoratives through the Banco Central, and this 2016 piece falls within that series honoring cities of historic economic significance.