Description:
Obverse
Portrait of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, founder of Montevideo city, facing 1/4 right; background old style stone wall (as used for fortifications), value and short name of the country, engraved in a block of the wall.
Reverse
Coat of arms of the department of Montevideo, date in exergue.
Inscription in coat means: "WITH FREEDOM, I NEITHER OFFEND NOR FEAR"
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