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2000 Nuevos Pesos Visit of Spanish King and Queen, Piedfort issue
| Issuer | Uruguay |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | Two conjoined busts of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain are depicted in left-facing profile, rendered in high sculptural relief. The king's effigy is positioned behind and to the right of the queen's, both portraits showing fine detail in hair and facial features. A circular legend surrounds the field, commemorating the royal visit to Uruguay, with the date MAYO 1983 appearing in the lower arc between two raised dots. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1983 state visit of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía to Uruguay carried particular diplomatic weight: Spain was itself barely eight years past the end of the Franco dictatorship, and Latin American relationships were being actively rebuilt under the new constitutional monarchy. Uruguay, simultaneously enduring its own military dictatorship, received the visit in a charged political climate — civilian rule would not return until 1985.
The piedfort format, struck at double the normal planchet thickness, was a French tradition adopted by various mints for presentation and collector pieces. KM#P2 designation confirms this as a pattern or piedfort entry rather than a circulation strike.