Must be seen (!) Very interesting collection "older" Uruguay, 14 different type coins starting from 1869 including several high quality and a few silver ones + 9 different attractive old medals starting from 1895 including descriptions. Please have a look at our other Catawiki auction lots for more coin collections. and/or add us to your favourites to find our future auction lots easily. Bid with confidence. AG-Worldcoins, over 3000 lots sold on Catawiki. High feedback score. Please evaluate this lot with reference to the images provided. Will be sent via registered mail. I charge only 1x shipping costs when you buy multiple lots in the same auction. You are welcome to bid on my other items: https://veiling.catawiki.nl/aanbod/hamaca Extra info: The Oriental Republic of Uruguay (so called because of its location on the east bank of the Uruguay River) is situated on the Atlantic coast of South America between Argentina and Brazil. This South American country has an area of 68,536 sq. mi. (176,220 sq. km.). Capital: Montevideo. Uruguay’s chief economic assets are the rich, rolling grassy plains. Meat, wool, hides and skins are exported. Uruguay was discovered in 1516 by Juan Diaz de Solis, a Spaniard, but settled by the Portuguese who founded Colony in 1680. Spain contested Portuguese possession and, after a long struggle, gained control of the country in 1778. During the general South American struggle for independence, Uruguay ‘s first attempt was led by Gaucho soldier Jose Gervasio Artigas leading, the Banda Oriental. It was quelled by Spanish and Portuguese forces in 1811. The armistice was soon broken and Argentine force from Buenos Aires cast off the Spanish bond in the Plata region in 1814 only to be conquered again by the Portuguese from Brazil in the struggle of 1816-20. Revolt flared anew in 1825 and independence was reasserted in 1828 with the help of Argentina. The Uruguayan Republic was established in 1830. MINT MARKS A – Aron Hirsch and Son, Berlin (1901) A, (v) – Vienna (A - 1909 and 1936); (no mint mark 1984) (a) – Paris; privy marks - torch & cornucopia 1930; no marks 1989 and 1998 (ba) – Buenos Aires (br) – Acunaciones Espanolas S.A., Barcelona (k) – Kremnica (Slovakia) (l) – London (1953 and 1959-1961); Llantrisant (1984 and 1995) (British Royal Mint) (m) - Madrid Mo, (mo) and Mx - Mexico City (p) – thunderbolt: Poissy, France (rcm) – Royal Canadian Mint (rj) – Rio de Janeiro (sa) – Pretoria, South Africa So, (so) – Santiago (Small o above S); (except 2007 2 Pesos Uruguayos) (u) – Utrecht (Netherlands); caduceus 1954; no mint mark 2006 MONETARY SYSTEM 100 Centesimo = 1 Peso 1975-1993 1000 Old Pesos = 1 Nuevo (New) Peso Commencing 1994 1000 Nuevos Pesos = 1 Peso Uruguayo