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10 000 Nuevos Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 10 000 Nuevos Pesos (10 000 UYN) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait of José Gervasio Artigas. |
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By 1989, Uruguay's inflation had been running at triple-digit annual rates for years, and the 10,000 Nuevos Peso denomination — unthinkable a decade earlier — was a direct consequence. The Nuevo Peso itself had been introduced in 1975 to replace the original Peso at 1,000:1; this note represents that replacement currency already inflating toward its own eventual obsolescence.
Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London under contract, a long-standing arrangement for Uruguayan central bank issues. The watermark is the sole security concession on this note — a spare specification for a denomination that was, by the time of issue, losing purchasing power faster than counterfeiting posed any serious threat.