Catalog
100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1896 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a portrait vignette of Joaquín Suárez; at center, a female allegorical figure representing Liberty shelters the coat of arms of the city of Montevideo beneath her arm. The face value appears at center, with the issuer's name in letterpress along the top margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | el BANCO de la REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL del URUGUAY Pagará al portador y á la vista la cantidad de CIEN PESOS en moneda legal de oro sellado. Ley de 4 de Agosto de 1896 Montevideo, 24 de Agosto de 1896. (Translation: The Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay will pay to the bearer and at sight the amount of One hundred Pesos in legal currency of sealed gold. Law of August 4th, 1896 Montevideo, August 24th, 1896.) |
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Giesecke & Devrient had already built a substantial reputation printing Latin American currency by the 1890s, and the Uruguayan series of this period reflects their Leipzig house style — fine intaglio work, dense border guilloche, and engraved portraiture sharp enough to discourage local forgery attempts. Uruguay was politically stable enough by 1896 that this wasn't emergency paper, but the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay itself had only been founded in 1896, making P#7 among the very first notes it issued as a functioning central institution.
The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature — modest by later standards, but consistent with G&D's output for second-tier sovereign clients at that price point.