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40 Centésimos de Real Essai
| Issuer | Uruguay |
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| Year | 1856 |
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| Currency | Peso fuerte (1830-1862) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ESSAI CENTESIMOS 40 (Translation: Essay Cents 40) |
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Uruguay's 1856 coinage program was among the first serious attempts to establish a nationally unified currency after decades of monetary chaos dominated by foreign specie — Spanish colonial reales, Brazilian mil-réis, and Argentine pesos all circulated interchangeably. This essai, struck in copper, was part of the evaluation process before the country committed to a final coinage design and metal specification. The centésimo decimal system it anticipated would not be formally adopted until 1862.