Catalog
5 Centavos Pattern
| Issuer | Uruguay |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Value | 5 Centavos (0.05 UYP) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBU Y CONSTITUIDA 1899 |
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Uruguay's 1899 coinage experiments came during a period of active monetary restructuring under the influence of European banking models, with several pattern compositions tested before final production decisions were made. This nickel trial was ultimately rejected — the circulating 5 centavos of the period went out in copper-nickel rather than pure nickel.
KM#Pn33 is sparsely documented in auction records, and surviving examples are almost certainly from a handful of presentation or archival strikes.