Catalog
10 Pesos Constitution Centennial
| Issuer | Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Size | 165 × 96 mm |
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| Reverse description | Large allegorical female bust in the foreground at center-right, wearing a laurel headband, with two further allegorical figures in the background — one holding a torch at left and another harvesting at right — evoking themes of liberty, progress, and agriculture. The Uruguayan coat of arms appears at lower left, and a horizontal panel at lower center bears the commemorative inscription. Engraver's imprints 'C. SERVEAU FEC.' at lower left and 'C. DELOCHE SC.' at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Portrait of José Gervasio Artigas. |
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The 1930 centennial of Uruguay's first constitution gave the government occasion to commission a prestige issue rather than a routine replacement series. Clément Serveau, better known for his French postal stamp work, handled both faces — an unusual assignment for a foreign commercial artist on a Latin American commemorative. Jules Piel's engraving on the obverse is the finer of the two sides; Deloche's reverse work is competent but plainer.
Banque de France handled the printing, which was not uncommon for Uruguayan notes of this period. Pick 19 is genuinely scarce in higher grades — the 1930s were hard years in Uruguay, and these circulated.