Katalog
| Emittent | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Jahr | 1997 |
| Typ | Standard circulation banknote |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Portrait of Brigadier General Juan Antonio Lavalleja at right, rendered in intaglio. The national arms appear at top center, flanked by fine guilloche underprint work across the face. Denomination and title inscriptions are printed in dark ink against a multicoloured background. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Portrait watermark of José Gervasio Artigas. |
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| Anmerkungen |
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.