100 Pesos

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 1914 (1914-1935)
Value 100 Pesos (100 UYP)
Currency Peso (1863-1975)
Composition Paper
Size 187 × 90 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
238483
References P# 12,
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# 4.VII
Claudio Rotondaro; 2016. Emisiones del Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay 1896-1967. Self-published, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Series: Waterloo & Sons Issuance, 1914

Obverse

Portrait of José G. Artigas at left, face value on center, issuer name above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EL BANCO DE LA
REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL del URUGUAY
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y Á LA VISTA LA CANTIDAD DE
100
CIEN PESOS
EN MONEDA LEGAL DE ORO SELLADO LEY DE 4 DE AGOSTO DE 1896
MONTEVIDEO, Septiembre de 1914

Translation:
The bank of the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
will pay to the bearer and at sight the amount of
100
one hundred Pesos on legal currency of sealed gold Law of August 4th., 1896
Montevideo, September 1914

Reverse

Coat of arms at center, issuer name around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO de la REPÚBLICA
ORIENTAL del URUGUAY

Translation:
Bank of the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Watermark

No watermark.

Signatures

Joaquí­n C. Márquez (JCM) President
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (JZdSM) Government Delegate
Jorge West (JW¹) Manager
Claudio Williman (CW) President
Javier Mendí­vil (JM) President
Fernando Lucas Obes (FLO) Government Delegate
Octavio Morató (OM) Manager
Rafael Bacigalupi (RB) General accountant
Jorge West (JW²) President
Alberto Puig (AP) Government Delegate

Printer

Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)

Comments

There are overprinted notes, with date, from series F (partial) date is repeated on front, left and right, on both sides below issuer name, turned 90º, and also in normal position. Series G does not have overprinted date.

Range of known variants:

Image courtesy of Claudio Rotondaro.

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1914-Sep  JCM, JZdSM, JW¹ 550 000 P# 12a; ROT R# 4.VII.1 Series A (partial), no overprinted date.
1914-Sep  CW, JZdSM, JW¹ P# 12a; ROT R# 4.VII.2 - Series A (partial) to F (partial) (Variant: change of authority: President)
1914-Sep (1931)  JM, FLO, OM P# 12c; ROT R # 4.VII.3 - Series F (partial) (Variant: change of authority: President, with rotated overprinted date - see comments)
1914-Sep (1932)  JM, RB, OM P# 12c; ROT R# 4.VII.4 - Series F (partial) (Variant: change of authority: Government Delegate is replaced by General Accountant)
1914-Sep (1935)  JW², AP P# 12b; ROT R# 4.VII.5 - Series F (partial) (Variant: change of authorities: decreased to 2 signatures, overprinted dates are in normal position)
1914-Sep (1935)  JW², AP P# 12c; ROT R# 4.VII.6 - Series G, no overprinted date

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