| Issuer | Uruguay |
| Year | 1896 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 1 Peso (1 UYP) |
| Currency | Peso (1863-1975) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 137 × 70 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | |
| Engraver(s) | Giesecke, Devrient - Leipzig |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#3 |
| Obverse description | Female allegory, representing Republic at center, issuer name on top, face value repeated on sides |
| Reverse description | Coat of arms of Uruguay at center, dividing issuer name on top and below. |
| Signature(s) | Eduardo MacEachen, Bernabé Quiñones, Eduardo Rolando, Pablo Mañé, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Juan Carlos Blanco, Jorge West, Joaquín C. Márquez, Claudio Williman, José María Muñoz, Guillermo Galli, |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Lines running from bottom left to top right. |
| Obverse lettering | UN PESO UN PESO
el BANCO de la REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL del URUGUAY
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y Á LA VISTA LA CANTIDAD DE
UN PESO UN PESO
en moneda legal de oro
ó plata sellada
LEY DE 4 DE AGOSTO DE 1896
MONTEVIDEO, 24 DE AGOSTO DE 1896
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT LEIPZIG (Translation: One Peso one Peso the Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay will pay to the bearer and at sight the amount of one Peso one Peso on legal currency of gold or sealed silver Law of August 4th., 1896 Montevideo, August 24th., 1896) |
| Reverse lettering | 1 UN PESO
BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL
UNO 1 UNO
DEL URUGUAY (Translation: Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.) |
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| Catalog ID | 1992251890 |
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