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1000 Pesos Law of Jan 2nd., 1939 - Issued by BROU
| Issuer | Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU) |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Size | 178 × 88 mm |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette reproduces the celebrated painting 'Artigas en la meseta' ('Artigas at the Tableland') by Carlos María Herrera, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The full title of the issuing institution runs along the upper border, while the denomination in both numerals and words appears on the left and right lateral panels. The overall composition is framed by elaborate guilloche borders. |
| Reverse lettering | DEPARTAMENTO DE EMISIÓN DEL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY MIL MIL PESOS PESOS (Translation: Issuing Department of the Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay One thousand One thousand Pesos Pesos) |
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By the time this note was issued in 1952, the 1,000 Peso denomination was already operating under a legal fiction — the authorizing legislation dated to January 2nd, 1939, meaning the printing mandate was over thirteen years old. Uruguay's postwar inflation had eroded lower denominations enough that a four-figure note was now practical currency rather than a prestige instrument, yet BROU continued issuing under the original law rather than seeking fresh authorization.
Thomas De La Rue produced the series in London. The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature — modest by the standards De La Rue was capable of at the time.