Catalog
1 Doblón 10 Pesos - Banco Oriental
| Issuer | Banco Oriental (Uruguay) |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on cream paper, with two allegorical female vignettes positioned at the left and the Uruguayan coat of arms at lower right. The issuer name 'BANCO ORIENTAL' and the promise to pay 'UN DOBLÓN DE ORO SELLADO' to the bearer appear in letterpress at centre, with the place and date of issue 'Montevideo, 1º de Agosto de 1867' printed below; repeated denomination indicators 'DIEZ 10' run along the border. A series letter appears at lower left alongside black serial numbers flanking the central text block. |
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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. |
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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.