Catalog
50 Centésimos
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1994-2008 |
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| Currency | Peso uruguayo (1993-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY (Translation: Oriental Republic of Uruguay) |
| Reverse description | Large numeral '50' dominates the central field, accompanied by a decorative olive or laurel sprig to the upper left. The denomination legend 'CENTESIMOS' is inscribed in a bold arc below the numeral, separated by a horizontal rule. The date appears in the exergue at the bottom of the coin. |
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Uruguay's 1990s monetary stabilization followed the catastrophic 1982 peso crisis and a decade of IMF-negotiated austerity. The centésimo denominations, effectively worthless through the inflation years, were reintroduced as functioning currency only after the 1993 revaluation created the nuevo peso's successor — the peso uruguayo — at a rate that finally made sub-peso coins viable again. This series ran until the 2008 coinage reform quietly retired the smaller denominations, as persistent inflation had once again eroded their practical utility.