20 Centésimos Not issued

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 1896
Value 20 Centésimos (0.20 UYP)
Currency Peso (1863-1975)
Composition Paper
Size 120 × 66 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 1896
Number
N#
238807
References P# 1D,
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# N/C
Claudio Rotondaro; 2016. Emisiones del Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay 1896-1967. Self-published, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Obverse

Mercury head at left, face value on center and right, issuer name above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
el BANCO de la REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL
del
URUGUAY
pagará al portador y á la vista
la cantidad de
VEINTE CENTÉSIMOS
en moneda legal de oro ó plata sellada
LEY DE 4 DE AGOSTO DE 1896,
MONTEVIDEO, 24 DE AGOSTO DE 1896.

Translation:
The Bank of the Oriental Republic
of
Uruguay
will pay to the bearer and at sight
the amount of
Twenty Cents
Law of August 4th., 1896,
Montevideo, August 24th., 1896.

Engravers: Gesiecke, Devrient - Leipzig

Reverse

Coat of arms at center, dividing face value up and down, and also dividing issuer name up and down.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO de la REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL
VEINTE
CENTÉSIMOS
DEL URUGUAY

Translation:
Bank of the Oriental Republic
Twenty
Cents
of Uruguay

Watermark

No watermark.

Printer

Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date)

Comments

This banknote was rejected (therefore not issued) by the issuer when the printed notes reached them, owing to great differences from the proposal to the ready product, and also for the delay on delivery, much later then the contracted date. Total amount of banknotes were burnt at Uruguay, and is believed none of them exist now.

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1896-Aug-24  2 500 000 Not issued, rejected by Bank, were incinerated.

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