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20 Pesos Uruguayos

20 Pesos Uruguayos - obverse20 Pesos Uruguayos - reverse

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Features

Issuer Uruguay
Issuing bank Central Bank of Uruguay (Banco Central del Uruguay)
Period Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1825-date)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 1994-1997
Value 20 Pesos Uruguayos
20 UYU = USD 0.50
Currency Peso uruguayo (1993-date)
Composition Paper
Size 159 × 74 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
208366
References P# 74
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, Rot C# 38A, 38B
Claudio Rotondaro; 2017. Emisiones del Banco Central del Uruguay 1967-2017 = issues of Central Bank of Uruguay 1967-2017. Banco Central del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Obverse

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín to right, coat of arms on left above watermark area.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL
DEL
URUGUAY
PESOS URUGUAYOS
VEINTE
MONEDA NACIONAL

Translation:
Central Bank
of
Uruguay
Pesos Uruguayos
Twenty
National currency

Reverse

Allegory of the Homeland Legend and part of the manuscript of the poet.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL
DEL
URUGUAY
PESOS URUGUAYOS
VEINTE
MONEDA NACIONAL

Translation:
Central Bank
of
Uruguay
Pesos Uruguayos
Twenty
National currency

Watermark

Portrait of José G. Artigas.

20 Pesos Uruguayos -  obverse

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Printer

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

Comments

Range of known variants (Series C, D, E, F, G, H are listed on other pages):

Image courtesy of Claudio Rotondaro.

Reposition issues can be identified as first digit was replaces by "9" (8 digits),

Sample of reposition issue serials.

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1994  15 000 000 $ 0.89 $ 3.80 P# 74a; ROT C# 38A - Series A 54%
1994  P# 74s - Specimen, pinhole cancelled. 0%
1994  ROT C# 38AR - Reposition issue, series A 1.0%
1997  15 000 000 P# 74b; ROT C# 38B - Series B (Variant: series letter changes to B) 38%
1997  ROT C# 38BR - Reposition issue, series B 4%

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 20 Pesos UruguayosPicture 1 of a sold 20 Pesos Uruguayos
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Auction 151
Lot 2120
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25 Feb 2025 Undetermined Unsold
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