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50 Centesimos Banco Nacional
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de la República Oriental del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1887 |
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| Value | 50 Centésimos (0.50 UYP) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of an allegorical female bust in left profile, wearing a laurel wreath and necklace. The coat of arms of Uruguay appears to the left, with the issuer's full title across the top and the face value expressed both numerically at upper right and in words at right. Red serial numbers are overprinted on the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Banco Nacional de la REPUBLICA ORIENTAL del URUGUAY Pagarémos al portador y á la vista Moneda Nacional Oro Sellado con arreglo á la Ley de 23 de Junio de 1862 CINCUENTA CENTESIMOS Montevideo, 25 de Agosto de 1887. Waterlow & Sons (Limited) Great Winchester Street, Londres, Inglaterra (Translation: National Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay We will pay to the bearer and at sight National currency Sealed gold According to Law of June 23rd, 1862 Fifty Cents Montevideo, August 25th, 1887 Waterlow & Sons (Limited) Great Winchester Street, London, England) |
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The Banco Nacional de la República Oriental del Uruguay was a short-lived institution, established in 1887 and absorbed into the newly formed Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay in 1896. This note falls within that narrow nine-year window. Waterlow & Sons handled the printing — a London firm that dominated South American government and bank security printing throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, winning contracts across the continent partly on price, partly on the quality of their intaglio work.
The P#A89 prefix designation suggests this denomination may have seen limited issue or survives in small numbers relative to higher-value notes of the same series.