2000 Pesos Uruguayos Bicentenary of Land Regulation

Reverse

Head of Gaucho, Afrodescendant and Indian, right. Description of the event conmemorated above, below phrase from Artigas, showing the equity desire of the rules.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BICENTENARIO DEL REGLAMENTO DE TIERRAS DE 1815
"Los más infelices serán
los más privilegiados"
2015

Translation:
Bicentenary of Land Regulation 1815
"The most unfortunate will be
the most privileged "
2015

Edge

Reeded

Comment

This coin was released on Sept. 3rd, 2015, as circulating type, and was demonetized at same moment.

This is the first colorized coin, and also first time an Uruguayan coin is minted at Poland (Mennica Polska).

Artigas flag.

Artigas not only fought to free the country from Spanish colonialism, also wanted to favor the poorest people, to raise their life level.

This Land Regulation, was meant to distribute the lands between people, but stated to privilege the people taking into account their needs; specifically stated widows will be favored, specially if had children, free black men, Indians and Gauchos, while they were able to make profitable the lands given. In resume, the spirit was to help and raise the country, privileging people that worked hard for themselves and the Nation.



Issue minted at Mennik Polska, Poland

NOTE: in spite this coin is silver, and has a small mintage, is commemorative circulating. The Central Bank of Uruguay released them to circulation, and then demonetized the coins.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2015	8000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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