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2 Pesos Comisión de Extinción de Billetes
| Issuer | Junta de Crédito Público |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Montevideo, 27 de Marzo de 1875. LA REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY 2 reconoce este billete por DOS PESOS MONEDA CORRIENTE Por la Junta de Crédito Público. American Bank Note Co. New York (Translation: Montevideo, March 27, 1875. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay recognizes this banknote for Two Pesos Common Currency. By the Public Credit Board. American Bank Note Co. New York) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown, the reverse is composed entirely of intricate lathe-work guilloche patterns arranged symmetrically across the field, with numeral "2" counters in each corner and a central oval cartouche bearing the word "DOS" in bold relief, flanked by elaborate geometric engine-turned designs. |
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The Comisión de Extinción de Billetes — the Committee for the Extinction of Banknotes — was a Mexican body created specifically to withdraw and cancel circulating currency rather than issue new money. A note bearing that name in the issuer line is therefore an oddity: it was printed to facilitate the retirement of older obligations, functioning more as a redemption instrument than a conventional circulating banknote.
American Bank Note Company handled the printing, as it did for much of Latin American government paper in this period. The Pick A102 designation places it firmly in the provisional and transitional issues, reflecting the monetary instability that plagued Mexico throughout the Reform War aftermath and the early Restored Republic years.