Uruguayan peso
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- UYU
- Ancestry branch
- Spanish real / peso
Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Parents 2
Uruguayan peso
This currencyChildren 0
No successor is established here.
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Uruguayan peso
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Spanish real / peso de a ocho
Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
The story
Article 1 sets the peso uruguayo from March 1, 1993 at 1,000 nuevos pesos per peso uruguayo. [1]
The 1862 law established the national peso from January 1, 1863 and altered its account subdivision; it does not by itself prove a distinct predecessor under the no-rescaling rule. [2]
Turning points
Public-payment rules in 1829 use peso-denominated tax thresholds before national…
Public-payment rules in 1829 use peso-denominated tax thresholds before national coin issues. Connecting this local observation to the later Uruguayan peso is qualified. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Uruguay; Banco Central del Uruguay host · Decreto 636/992, 22 December 1992
- Uruguay, official legal database IMPO · Ley No.723, promulgated 23 June 1862
- República Oriental del Uruguay, reproduced FundaciónMonROU · Decreto11July 1829 (promulgated13July), regulating public receipts and payments
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“Uruguayan peso.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000092.html