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5 Pesos Constitution Centennial
| Issuer | Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA LA CANTIDAD DE CINCO PESOS EN MONEDA LEGAL DE ORO O PLATA SELLADA LEY DE 4 DE AGOSTO DE 1896 MONTEVIDEO, JULIO 18 DE 1930 C. SERVEAU FEC PIEL SC (Translation: The bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay will pay to the bearer and on sight the amount of Five Pesos Legal currency in stamped gold or silver Law of Aug. 4th., 1896 Montevideo, July 18th., 1930) |
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| Protection description | Portrait of Artigas. |
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Issued to mark the centenary of Uruguay's 1830 constitution, this note was produced by the Banque de France printing works in Paris — an unusual choice given that institution's primary mandate, but the French security printing operation had long taken on foreign commissions. Clément Serveau designed the obverse, with engraving by Jules Piel; Sébastien Laurent and Eugène Gaspérini handled the reverse — a full Franco-Parisian production team with no Uruguayan hand in the artwork.
The 1830 constitution itself was a notably liberal document for its time, establishing a secular state structure that set Uruguay apart from most of its neighbors for generations.