500 Pesos Law of Aug. 14th., 1935

Features

Issuer Uruguay
Issuing bank Bank of Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay)
Period Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1825-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1937
Value 500 Pesos (500 UYP)
Currency Peso (1863-1975)
Composition Paper
Size 216 × 113 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
223113
References P# 32,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
Rot R# 9.VIII
Claudio Rotondaro; 2016. Emisiones del Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay 1896-1967. Self-published, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Series: Thomas de la Rue Issuance, 1935

Obverse

Allegory "Industry" to left, face value on center, below coat of arms, and watermark area on right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EL DEPARTAMENTO DE EMISIÓN DEL BANCO DE LA
REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA
QUINIENTOS
PESOS
MONEDA NACIONAL
Montevideo Ley de 14 de Agosto de 1935

Translation:
The issuance department of the Bank of the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Will pay to the bearer and at sight
Five hundred
Pesos
National currency
Montevideo Law of Aug. 14th., 1935

Reverse

Allegorical scene from farming activities.

Script: Latin

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

Watermark

Portrait of José G. Artigas.

500 Pesos (Law of Aug. 14th., 1935) -  obverse

© adanieluy (CC BY-NC)

Signatures

Jorge West (JW²) President
Alberto Puig (AP) Government Delegate
Gabriel Terra (GT) President
Vicente F. Costa (VFC²) President
Alfredo Baldomir (ABa) President
Raúl Daneri (RD) General Manager
Raúl Montero Bustamante (RMB¹) General Secretary
Fermin Silveira Zorzi (FSZ) General Manager
Julio Carlos Netto (JCN) General Secretary
Enrique Givogre (EG) Vice-President
Andrés Martí­nez Trueba (AMT) President
Alberto F. Zubirí­a (AZ) President

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

List of known varieties:

Image courtesy of Claudio Rotondaro.

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1937)  JW², AP 200 000 P# 32a; ROT R# 9.VIII. 1
ND (1937)  GT, AP P# 32a; ROT R# 9.VIII. 2 (Variant: change of authority: President)
ND (1937)  VFC², AP P# 32a; ROT R# 9.VIII. 3 (Variant: change of authority: President)
ND (1937)  ABa, RD, RMB¹ P# 32a; ROT R# 9.VIII. 4 (Variant: change of authorities, increased to 3 and changed titles, Serial # has 5 digits)
ND (1937)  ABa, FSZ, JCN P# 32b; ROT R# 9.VIII. 5 (Variant: change of authority: General Secretary, title overprinted as "El Secretario"- Serial # increased to 6 digits)
ND (1937)  ABa, FSZ, JCN P# 32b; ROT R# 9.VIII. 6 (Variant: title not overprinted, back to "El Secretario General")
ND (1937)  EG, FSZ, JCN P# 32b; ROT R# 9.VIII. 7 (Variant: change of authority, signed by Vicepresident instead of President, signature is about 12mm long)
ND (1937)  EG, FSZ, JCN P# 32b; ROT R# 9.VIII. 8 (Variant Vicepresident's signature is about 30mm long)
ND (1937)  AMT, FSZ, JCN P# 32b; ROT R# 9.VIII. 9 (Variant: change of authority, again signed by President)
ND (1937)  AZ, FSZ, JCN P# 32b; ROT R# 9.VIII.10 (Variant: change of authority: President)

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