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50 Pesos Uruguayos Independence - Silver Trial Strike
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Uruguay |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large radiant sun with a stylized human face occupies the central field, rendered in the classical Sol de Mayo tradition with alternating straight and wavy rays radiating to the rim. The circular legend 'BICENTENARIO DE LOS HECHOS HISTORICOS' surrounds the device along the periphery. The commemorative date range '• 1811-2011 •' appears in the lower exergue, marking the bicentennial of Uruguay's foundational historical events. |
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Trial strikes — pruebas — from the Casa de Moneda de Uruguay rarely escape the mint through official channels, making their appearance in the market almost always traceable to a single source event: the dissolution of proof sets, institutional sales, or internal disbursements tied to the approval process itself. Uruguay's 2011 independence bicentennial program generated a substantial commemorative output, and the prueba strikes associated with it occupied a separate approval track from the circulation and collector issues that reached the public.
The .900 fineness matches the historical silver standard Uruguay adopted from Spanish colonial coinage norms, a deliberate continuity choice for commemorative work.