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| Issuer | Uruguay |
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| Year | 1994-2007 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Buenos Aires, Argentina(1875-date) Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) (So) Casa de Moneda de Chile,Santiago, Chile (1743-date) |
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| Additional information |
Uruguay's shift to copper-aluminium-nickel for this series came as part of a broader monetary restructuring following the economic turbulence of the late 1980s, when the country had been forced to repeatedly redenominate its currency. The 2 Peso Uruguayo denomination was introduced with the 1993 monetary reform that replaced the Nuevo Peso at a rate of 1000:1 — effectively erasing three zeros from everyday transactions.
The alloy itself was chosen for durability and resistance to corrosion in a country where coastal humidity accelerates wear on softer metals. Production ran across multiple die pairs over the thirteen-year span, accounting for the range of catalog references assigned to what is nominally a single type.