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500 Pesos Uruguayos
| Issuer | Banco Central del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1994-1999 |
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| Value | 500 Pesos Uruguayos |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
| Protection description | Portrait watermark of José G. Artigas with the text ARTIGAS, oriented 90° counterclockwise, visible in the left watermark area; vertical security thread embedded in the paper with URUGUAY text. |
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The 500 Pesos Uruguayos denomination was introduced as part of Uruguay's post-hyperinflation redenomination — the 1993 reform replaced the Nuevo Peso at a rate of 1,000 to 1, effectively lopping three zeros from the old currency. This note, issued across the second half of the 1990s, circulated during a period of relative monetary stability that followed years of severe erosion in purchasing power.
De La Rue's production run for this series is unremarkable technically, though the security thread specification was fairly minimal for the period — adequate for domestic circulation but not representative of the firm's more sophisticated work elsewhere at the time.