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0.10 Nuevo Peso not overprinted issue
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central intaglio portrait vignette of José Gervasio Artigas in military uniform against a guilloche underprint in red. The Uruguayan coat of arms appears at left within a wreath, with the denomination and issuer legend inscribed within a rosette guilloche panel at right. Series letters and serial numbers flank the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a finely engraved intaglio vignette of Artigas addressing assembled delegates at the Congress of Tres Cruces, rendered with detailed architectural interior elements. Symmetrical guilloche rosette panels flank the central scene at left and right, each bearing a numeral denomination. The issuer name runs along the upper border and the denomination inscription appears along the lower margin. |
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When Uruguay redenominated in 1975, replacing the old Peso at 1,000:1 with the Nuevo Peso, transitional notes were needed quickly. Most low-denomination Nuevo Peso issues were created by overprinting existing Peso stock — but this 0.10 value was issued without any overprint, printed fresh by De La Rue on a new order. That distinction matters for cataloguing: the absence of an overprint is a feature, not an omission, which is precisely why it carries no Pick number in the standard reference.
De La Rue's involvement signals an intention toward quality that the inflationary environment of mid-1970s Uruguay quickly made irrelevant — the 0.10 Nuevo Peso was worth a fraction of a US cent within a few years of issue.