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1000 Pesos FAO - Copper Pattern
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Uruguay |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Value | 1000 Pesos (1000 UYP) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a stylized radiant sun with a schematic anthropomorphic face at its centre, rendered in a modernist geometric style. The sun radiates numerous trapezoidal rays extending to the inner border, filling the field in a bold, flat-relief design. The circular legend reads 'URUGUAY' along the upper arc and 'MIL PESOS' along the lower arc, separated by small cross ornaments at each side. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This copper piece is a pattern struck by the Casa de Moneda in anticipation of the FAO's global coin program, which enlisted national mints throughout the late 1960s to issue coinage promoting food production and agricultural development. Uruguay's participation reflected the acute economic pressures of the period — the country was deep in the monetary instability that would eventually force a full currency reform in 1975, collapsing the peso at a ratio of 1000 old pesos to one new peso. The denomination itself, then, was already a casualty in waiting.