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200 Pesos Uruguayos Pampa's deer
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Thickness | 3.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central field features the Uruguayan national coat of arms — a quartered shield displaying an ox, a scales of justice, a fortified hill, and a horse, surmounted by a radiant sun — enclosed within a circular raised border. The circular legend REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY arcs along the upper portion of the inner ring, while the denomination $ 200 appears along the lower portion. Surrounding the central medallion in the broad outer field are nine smaller relief depictions of historical coins and seals from various American and Iberian nations, representing the numismatic heritage of the encounter between the Old and New Worlds. The entire design is executed in high-relief proof style with deeply mirrored fields and frosted devices. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY $ 200 |
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The Pampas deer (*Ozotoceros bezoarticus*) had been effectively extinct in Uruguay for decades by the time this coin was issued — a sharp irony given the commemorative framing. Hunting pressure and agricultural encroachment had pushed the species out of the country entirely, with viable populations surviving only across the border in Argentina and Brazil. Uruguay's 1994 conservation series used the coin partly as a political signal ahead of new environmental legislation being debated in the legislature that year.
The CG reference lists two varieties, distinguishing what are likely minor die or finish differences between proof and specimen strikes from the Casa de Moneda.