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5000 Nuevos Pesos Hydroelectricity, Pattern strike
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Currency | Nuevo peso (1975-1993) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The name of the issuing country, URUGUAY, appears as the upper legend arching across the field. At center, a detailed depiction of the Salto Grande hydroelectric dam is rendered in relief, illustrating the joint Argentine-Uruguayan infrastructure project whose generated electricity is shared equally between both nations. The denomination N$ 5.000 is inscribed along the lower portion of the field, flanked by decorative elements. |
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Uruguay's 1981 pattern coinage was produced during the military dictatorship that had governed since 1973, a period when the central bank periodically commissioned trial strikes to evaluate proposed denominations and designs without committing to full production runs. Most never reached circulation. The hydroelectricity theme almost certainly references the Salto Grande dam on the Uruguay River, a binational project with Argentina completed in 1979 after decades of negotiation — one of the few infrastructure achievements the regime actively promoted.