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500 Pesos Law of Aug. 14th., 1935
| Issuer | Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1975) |
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| Obverse description | At left, an allegorical female figure representing Industry is rendered as an intaglio vignette, flanked by ornate guilloche borders. The central panel carries the face value in large numerals with the bank's full title inscription above, surmounted by the Uruguayan coat of arms. The right portion of the note is reserved for the watermark area. |
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| Reverse lettering | DEPARTAMENTO DE EMISIÓN DEL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY QUINIENTOS PESOS (Translation: Issuing department of the Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Five hundred Pesos) |
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The Ley de 14 de Agosto de 1935 reorganized Uruguay's central banking structure, consolidating note-issuing authority under the Banco de la República and displacing the older Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay notes that had circulated since the late nineteenth century. This 500 Pesos sits at the high end of that transitional series — a denomination that saw almost no retail circulation and would have moved between banks and large commercial houses rather than passing through ordinary hands.
De La Rue's involvement guaranteed a level of intaglio refinement that Uruguayan domestic printers could not yet match. The watermark is the sole security feature, which by the late 1930s was already considered insufficient for a note of this face value.