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20 000 Nuevos Pesos Gold coinage and BID Meeting, Piedfort issue
| Issuer | Uruguay |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | XXV REUNION ANUAL DE LA ASAMBLEA DE GOBERNADORES DEL BID N$ 20.000 N$ 20.000 REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY PUNTA DEL ESTE 26-28 MARZO 1984 |
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Uruguay's 1984 piedfort issues coincide with one of the most turbulent transitions in the country's modern history — the military dictatorship that had governed since 1973 was in its final months, with the November 1984 elections that would return Julio María Sanguinetti to civilian power still months away when this piece was struck. The BID meeting referenced is the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, the Inter-American Development Bank, whose annual assembly was hosted by Uruguay that year — a deliberate signal of economic re-engagement with international institutions.
Gold-plated copper piedforts of this period were produced primarily for presentation and collector sets rather than any circulation purpose. The double-thickness planchet is the defining characteristic of the piedfort format.