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50 Centésimos
| Issuer | Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1939-1966 |
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| Value | 50 Centésimos (0.50 UYP) |
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| Reverse description | The Uruguayan coat of arms is centrally placed, flanked by the face value numeral 0.50 repeated in all four corners and on both lateral sides of the arms. The issuer's name is inscribed in a formal lettered banner across the upper portion of the note, and the denomination in words appears along the lower border. |
| Reverse lettering | 0.50 DEPARTAMENTO DE EMISION DEL BANCO DE LA 0.50 REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY 0.50 0.50 0.50 CINCUENTA CENTESIMOS 0.50 (Translation: 0.50 | Issuance Department of the Bank of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | Fifty Centésimos | 0.50) |
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Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay contracted Casa de Moneda de Chile for this small-denomination note — an arrangement that points to limited domestic printing capacity in Montevideo at the time. Chilean state printing facilities handled several foreign commissions through the mid-twentieth century, and Uruguay was among the repeat clients.
The 27-year issue span is the more telling detail. A 50 centésimos note circulating continuously from 1939 through 1966 reflects the slow inflation that eventually made the denomination meaningless — by the early 1970s, Uruguay would rebase its currency entirely, replacing 1,000 old pesos with one new peso.