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500 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Size | 202 × 100 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of José G. Artigas framed by allegorical figures representing the arts and sciences on either side, with the national coat of arms below the portrait. The face value appears in both numeral and word form flanking the central vignette, with the issuer's title in letterpress across the top. A detailed guilloche underprint frames the overall composition. |
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| Reverse description | The face value in large numerals and words occupies the centre of the composition, dividing the issuer's name between the upper and lower registers. Allegorical vignettes of Minerva and Apollo, personifying the arts and sciences, flank the central denomination panel within an elaborate guilloche border. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO de la REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL PESOS 500 QUINIENTOS del URUGUAY (Translation: Bank of the Oriental Republic Pesos 500 Five Hundred of Uruguay) |
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