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5 Pesos Uruguayos
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | A central vignette presents a colourful historical scene of the oath-taking ceremony of the 1830 Constitution, with figures gathered before a columned public building draped in flags, set within a rectangular frame. Flanking the vignette are geometric guilloche panels in muted tones of red and green, with palm frond motifs at left. Denomination numerals appear in each corner, and the issuing bank's name runs along the lower margin in bold letterpress. |
| Reverse lettering | 18 DE JULIO 1830-1980 SESQUICENTENARIO DE LA JURA DE LA CONSTITUCION BANCO CENTRAL DEL URUGUAY JURA DE LA CONSTITUCION DE 1830 (Translation: July 18th, 1830-1980 Sesquicentennial of the Oath of the Constitution Central Bank of Uruguay Oath of the Constitution of 1830) |
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The 1997 series marked the Banco Central del Uruguay's transition to a new currency unit — the Peso Uruguayo, redenominated at 1,000 to 1 against the old Nuevo Peso, itself a redenomination from 1975. This 5 Peso Uruguayo note sits near the bottom of that series, a denomination that lost practical utility quickly as inflation continued eroding small-value notes throughout the late 1990s.
Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London under contract, a long-standing arrangement for Uruguayan currency. The watermark remains the sole listed security feature — modest protection for a low-denomination note with a short working life.