Catalog
1 Doblón 10 Pesos - Banco Oriental
| Issuer | Banco Oriental (Uruguay) |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Value | 1 Doblón = 10 Pesos (10 UYP) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely engraved in red on cream paper, centred on the bold inscription 'DIEZ PESOS' flanked on each side by the Roman numeral 'X'. The surrounding field is filled with an elaborate guilloche network of interlocking rosettes, lathe-work medallions and symmetrical ornamental scrollwork. The printer's imprint 'COMPAÑIA AMERICANA DE BILLETES DE BANCO NUEVA YORK' runs in small type along the lower margins. |
| Reverse lettering | X DIEZ PESOS X COMPAÑIA AMERICANA DE BILLETES DE BANCO NUEVA YORK (Translation: X Ten Pesos X American Bank Note Company New York) |
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The Banco Oriental was one of several private commercial banks that briefly flourished in Uruguay during the 1860s credit boom, before the financial crash of 1868 wiped out most of them. This note was printed by the American Bank Note Company — the dominant supplier to Latin American issuers of that period — but the bank itself collapsed within a year of issue, meaning circulation was almost certainly brief and redemption chaotic or incomplete.
The dual denomination "1 Doblón / 10 Pesos" reflects Uruguay's transitional monetary accounting at the time, when the old Spanish doubloon-based reckoning still ran alongside the peso system.