5 Centesimos de Real

Reverse

Value in a circle, sorrounded with two wreaths

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTESIMOS
5

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). Same structure was also used by the new Catálogo General de Monedas del Uruguay, but using letters instead of numbers for the rotation identification.

Mintage is estimated, because there is not a record of the quantities issued, and only a small amount of the original contract were issued.

Variants

There is only 1 variant of this coin, and some coins were minted using broken die. Also there are some coins showing incuse date and part of legend on reverse, caused by handcraft error; dies hit each other without planchet.

Interesting fact

Price

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for 5 Centesimos de Real 1855 coin.