Description: Up for sale is my 1969 Uruguay One Thousand (1000) Mil Pesos Silver "Radiant Sun" Teardrop Variant Coin Will make an excellent addition to anyone's foreign coin collection.Please examine photo's carefully as this is the coin that you will be receiving.This coin was minted 54 years ago.Thank you for viewing this coin.1000 Pesos FAO FeaturesCountryUruguay TypeCirculating Commemorative Coin Year1969 Value1000 Pesos (1000 UYP)CurrencyPeso (1863-1975)CompositionSilver (.900)Weight25 gDiameter37 mmThickness2.5 mmShapeRoundOrientationMedal Alignment ↑↑Demonetized04-04-1972NumberN# 23255 ReferencesKM# 55, Y# 53 Commemorative issueFAOObverseStylized radiant sun with faceLettering: - URUGUAY - MIL PESOS Translation: 1000 Pesos Engraver: Francisco Matto Vilaró ReverseAssorted stylized designs within circleLettering: - FAO - FIAT 1969 PANIS Translation: FIAT PANIS: Latin= Make food Engraver: Francisco Matto Vilaró EdgeInscriptedLettering: REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY So CommentsThis coin was created to adhere to the numismatic FAO program and is present on sets "Food for All" (Panel 2A) and FAO Album (page 9). The design is based upon the esthetical style created by the uruguayan artist Joaquin Torres Garcia (known as "Constructive Universalism" or "Constructivism"). On the obverse shows a Sun, Constuctivist version, and on reverse several symbols. Torres Garcia thought art should not copy nature, but not negate it either. Symbols are modern, but also remind native symbolism. They are so simple and bidimensionals, that evocate primitive art, and are very easy to understand them, main are: the fish (Nature), the triangle (Reason), the heart (feelings), man and woman. Meanings of the symbols on reverse: 1: Creator's Face; 2: carpenter's square; 3: Universal Man, no races; 4: eel (representing sea element; 5: oxen yoke ; 6: seeds; 7: bird and seed; 8:fruit tree branch; 9: shovel; 10: buoy (fishing stuff); 11: tray to keep water and a seed; 12: fruit tree stakes; 13: axe; 14: ploughshare; 15: cow and seed; 16: lizzard; 17: grinding grain mortar. There is a variant of this coin, where there is a small line from left eye of the Sun towards the nose; is known as "teardrop". No teardrop variant Teardrop variant Also some coins have the inscription that can be read with obverse up, and others with reverse up; so combining teardrop/no teardrop and reading up/down, it makes a total of 4 variants. Teardrop is not described in main catalogues, but frequently is mentioned in auction sites. Position of inscription is rarely described. DateMintageVGFVFXFAUUNCFrequency1969 So3502.0%Casa de Moneda de Chile; Proof1969 So500 000 89%Casa de Moneda de Chile; with teardrop1969 So 16%Casa de Moneda de Chile; without teardrop
Price: 49.99 USD
Location: Lake Worth, Florida
End Time: 2024-12-29T21:47:44.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Certification: Uncertified
Modified Item: No
KM Number: 55
Denomination: 1000 Pesos Uruguayos
Country/Region of Manufacture: Uruguay
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Year: 1969
Grade: Ungraded
Composition: Silver
Fineness: N/A
Color: N/A
