40 Centésimos de Real
1844 year| Copper | 40.5 g | 40 mm |
| Issuer | Uruguay |
|---|---|
| Period | Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1825-date) |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Year | 1844 |
| Value | 40 Centésimos (1⁄20) |
| Currency | Peso fuerte (1830-1862) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 40.5 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | 14 July 1902 |
| Updated | 2024-10-09 |
| Numista | N#3795 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 68% |
Reverse
Value in a circle, surrounded with two wreaths.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CENTÉSIMOS
40
Translation: 40 Cents.
Engraver: Agustin Jouve
Edge
Smooth
Liso
Comment
First Uruguayan coins were minted at Montevideo on 1840 to 1855. After that date no more coins were minted in the country.
Since the mintage was done in a nearly hand-crafted way, there are several variants on each year; they were catalogued by Marcos Silvera Antunez, but not described in main catalogues.
Year list shows the variants, identified with Silvera's number (SA) he uses 3 levels instead of 2, first is the coin number (different on each year), the second is the variant, and the third describes the alignment (1= coin; 2= medal; 3= 90º or 270º, and 4=rest of alignments).
Mintage is estimated, because there is not a record of the quantities issued, and only a small amount of the original contract were issued.
There are 12 variants, results of combinations of 6 different obverse (A1, A2, A3, A5, A6, A7 - see note about obverse A6), 7 reverse (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7) and alignment.
Coins were minted in 2 stages, first from January to March 1844, and second from October 1844 to January 1845. Planchets present differences on weight and diameter, that are listed in years section.
Obverses
