2 Nuevos Pesos FAO

Features

Issuer	Uruguay
Ruling authority	Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1825-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	1981
Value	2 Nuevos Pesos (2 UYN)
Currency	Nuevo peso (1975-1993)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	7.1 g
Diameter	25.04 mm
Thickness	1.95 mm
Shape	Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	30 November 1991
Number	N# 3476
References	KM# 77 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , SA# 126 Marcos Silvera Antúnez; 2017. Cátalogo de monedas del Uruguay 1831-2017 = Coins of Uruguay catalog 1831-2017 (9th Edition). Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo, Uruguay. , CG# 124 Mario Sánchez, Eduardo Freijanes, Ramón Rodríguez Fernández; 2022. Catálogo General de Monedas de Uruguay 1840-2022 = General Catalog of Uruguayan Coins 1840-2022. , GL# 124.1.1 Gonzalo Larriera Ríos; 2025. Monetario de la República Oriental del Uruguay 1831-2025 = Coin issued from Oriental Republic of Uruguay 1831-2025. Numismática Charrúa Store, Montevideo, Uruguay. , Schön# 58 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Commemorative issue

World Food Day

Obverse

Five ears of wheat, date and short name of the country on bottom.
This coin was minted to adhere to Numismatic Program of FAO; it's part of the World Food Day set.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1981 URUGUAY

Reverse

Value on center, around inscription for the event, and date of World Food Day

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DIA MUNDIAL DE LA ALIMENTACION
2 N$
16 DE OCTUBRE DE 1981

Edge

Plain

© DMK Collection

Mint

Comments

Extra alloy at the "2" bottom:

© Akadotour
Other similar examples have been reported.

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