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5 Nuevos Pesos José Artigas - Pattern

Issuer Casa de Moneda del Uruguay
Year 1975
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Composition Gold (.900)
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Mintage ND (1975) So - Proof - 1,000
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Uruguay's 1975 military government commissioned this pattern as part of a broader currency reform program introduced after the 1973 coup that dissolved parliament and placed the country under junta control. Pattern strikes in gold at this weight were almost certainly produced for presentation or archival purposes rather than any serious circulation proposal — a .900 gold coin of 30 grams would have carried a bullion value wildly impractical for a five-peso denomination.

KM#65b is the gold variant in a small family of pattern strikes for this type, with base-metal and silver siblings documented at the same date. Surviving examples are rare in any form.

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