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5 Nuevos Pesos Founding of Montevideo - Pattern
| Issuer | Uruguay |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Currency | Nuevo peso (1975-1993) |
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| Reverse description | Central device displays the heraldic coat of arms of the Department of Montevideo, rendered in fine detail with its traditional quartered shield and supporting elements. The motto CON LIBERTAD NI OFENDO NI TEMO, meaning 'With freedom, I neither offend nor fear', appears within or beneath the arms. The commemorative legend 250 AÑOS DE LA FUNDACION DE MONTEVIDEO arcs around the upper field, marking the 250th anniversary of the city's founding, while the date 1976 appears in the lower exergue flanked by decorative stops. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Patterns issued by Uruguay in 1976 fall into an uncomfortable political moment: the country was two years into a civic-military dictatorship that had dissolved parliament and systematically suppressed opposition. State commemorative programs from this period were tightly controlled instruments, and aluminium trial pieces like this one rarely progressed to circulation — either for metallurgical reasons or shifting official priorities. The founding of Montevideo in 1724 was a safe, uncontroversial subject for a regime invested in projecting institutional permanence.
The aluminium composition at this diameter and weight suggests it was struck to evaluate design and die performance rather than as a proposed circulation material.