Catalog
1000 Pesos Uruguayos
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 2008-2011 |
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| Currency | Peso uruguayo (1993-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, in matching green and light brown tones, presents a vignette of a bookshelf bearing titles from Juana de Ibarbourou's literary works, accompanied by a palm tree motif beneath which a ribbon bears the inscription 'LA PALMA DE JUANA'. A passage of verse attributed to Ibarbourou, dated Montevideo, September 8, 1924, is inscribed at center, with the face value repeated in numerals at upper left and lower corners, and the Giesecke & Devrient printer's logo and name at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Portrait of Juana de Ibarbourou (matching the obverse vignette) with the word 'Mil' (one thousand) below; metallic security band with latent image of the national coat of arms and the inscription '1000 BCU', visible by transparency; grey oval at upper right of obverse with optically variable latent image shifting between 'BCU' and a head of Artigas; two raised concentric circles at upper left of obverse as a tactile feature for the visually impaired. |
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| Comments |
Two printers sharing production of a single series is not unusual for high-denomination notes, but the split here between Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig and Oberthur in France means that two signature combinations correspond to at least two distinct print sources — distinguishing them requires close attention to minor typographic and security-feature variations rather than date alone. The 2011 signature pairing reflects the appointment of Mario Bergara as BCU President following a routine institutional transition, not any monetary emergency.
Uruguay's 1000 Peso Uruguayo was the highest denomination in general circulation for much of this period, introduced as part of the post-2002 banking crisis redenomination that replaced the Peso with the Peso Uruguayo at 1:1000.