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 1896
Value 100 Pesos (100 UYP)
Currency Peso (1863-1975)
Composition Paper
Size 185 × 85 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
239603
References P# 7,
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# 2.VII
Claudio Rotondaro; 2016. Emisiones del Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay 1896-1967. Self-published, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Series: Giesecke & Devrient Issuance, 1896

Obverse

Joaquin Suarez portrait on left, female allegory representing Liberty, protecting coat of arms of Montevideo city.
face value on center, issuer name on top

Script: Latin

Lettering:
el BANCO de le REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL
del
URUGUAY
Pagará al portador
y á la vista la cantidad de
CIEN PESOS
en moneda legal de oro sellado. 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
One hundred Pesos
On legal currency of sealed gold. Law of August 4th., 1896
Montevideo, August 24th., 1896.

Engravers: Giesecke, Devrient - Leipzig

Reverse

Coat of arms at center dividing issuer name on top and below. Face value in numbers and letters on sides of coat of arms.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO de la REPÚBLICA ORIENTAL
100 100
CIEN PESOS del URUGUAY CIEN PESOS

Translation:
Bank of the Oriental Republic
100 100
One hundred Pesos of Uruguay One hundred Pesos

Watermark

Lines running from bottom left to top right.

Signatures

Donaldo MacEachen (DM) President
Bernabé Quiñones (BQ) Government Delegate
Eduardo Rolando (ER) Manager
Pablo Mañé (PM) President
Juan Carlos Blanco (JCB) President
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (JZdSM) Government Delegate
Jorge West (JW¹) Manager
Joaquí­n C. Márquez (JCM) President

Printer

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

Comments

Known range of variants:

Image courtesy of Claudio Rotondaro

Example of this type:
HVB Foundation Banknote Collection #URY-7

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1896-Aug-24  DM, BQ, ER 170 000 P# 7; ROT R# 2.VII.1 - Series I
1896-Aug-24  PM, BQ, ER P# 7; ROT R# 2.VII.2 - Series I (Variant: change of authority: President)
1896-Aug-24  JCB, JZdSM, JW¹ P# 7; ROT R# 2.VII.3 - Series I (Variant: change of all authorities)
1896-Aug-24  JCM, JZdSM, JW¹ P# 7; ROT R# 2.VII.4 - Series T (Variants: series letter changes to T; change of authority: President)
1896-Aug-24  JCM, JZdSM, JW¹ P# 7; ROT R# 2.VII.5 - Series AA (Variant: series letter changes to AA)
1896-Aug-24  JCM, JZdSM, JW¹ P# 7; ROT R# 2.VII.6 - Series EE (Variants: series letter changes to EE; prefix letters are added to serial #s; A, B, C)

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