1969 So Uruguay 1000 MIL PESOS FAO FIAT PANIS 90% Silver Coin Teardrop OBV/Down

Description

1969 Dated "So" Mint Mark Uruguay Minted/ Issued 1000 Pesos "MIL PESOS" Special Commemorative Edition "FAO" "FIAT PANIS" (Make Food) 90% Silver Coin - With Teardrop Variation - Edge Reads Down (reverse facing up) - Straight From Estate - No Reserve!
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Description: Up for auction, offered to you with no reserve price, a great 1969 dated, Uruguay minted/issued special commemorative edition 1000 Pesos "MIL PESOS" 90% silver coin. Straight from estate to you! What a find!
Coin info from Numista.com › 1000 Pesos FAO
Country: Uruguay
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Year: 1969
Value: 1000 Pesos (1000 UYP)
Currency: Peso (1863-1975)
Composition: Silver (.900)
Weight: 25 g
Diameter: 37 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized: 04-04-1972
References: KM# 55, Y# 53
Commemorative issue: FAO
Obverse: Stylized radiant sun with face, marked "⊞ URUGUAY ⊞ MIL PESOS" around
Engraver: Francisco Matto Vilaró
Reverse: Assorted stylized designs within circle marked "• FAO •" & "FIAT PANIS" with small date in center incuse at bottom "1969"
Translation: FIAT PANIS: Latin= Make food
Edge: Inscripted "REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY So"
Additional information from Numista.com:
Comments
This 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, Constructivist 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 bi-dimensional, 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:
lizard;
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.
Condition: Sold in as-is, as-found condition, straight from estate. Excellent condition, uncirculated, ungraded, we do not grade coins, see pictures & judge for yourself. A fine addition for your collection or could make a great gift!
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