Uruguay's 1960 centenary celebrations marked 150 years since the May Revolution, and a small number of pattern pieces were struck in gold to evaluate proposed coinage designs that ultimately never entered circulation. The KM#Pn58 designation places this among a cluster of pattern strikings from that commemorative program, most produced in extremely limited numbers for official presentation or ministerial approval.
Pattern survivors from this issue rarely appear at auction.
Uruguay's 1960 centenary celebrations marked 150 years since the May Revolution, and a small number of pattern pieces were struck in gold to evaluate proposed coinage designs that ultimately never entered circulation. The KM#Pn58 designation places this among a cluster of pattern strikings from that commemorative program, most produced in extremely limited numbers for official presentation or ministerial approval.
Pattern survivors from this issue rarely appear at auction.