Collection PL

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Specimen Printed Cancel Serie A Specimen No. 13 (Pick 39as)

The black oval SPECIMEN DE LA RUE CANCELLED stamp is applied as the principal control device. Its compact placement leaves the central coat of arms, denomination, allegorical figure, and most of the architectural framework open for examination. This treatment gives the specimen a particularly clear presentation of the finished obverse design while recording the authority of the printer responsible for its controlled status. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Specimen Perforated CANCELLED Serie A (Pick 39as)

The obverse combines republican symbolism with the formal visual language of a high-value monetary instrument. The national arms occupy the central rosette, with CIEN PESOS and MONEDA NACIONAL incorporated into an elaborate guilloche structure. The title of the Republica Oriental del Uruguay spans the upper register and establishes the legal authority behind the denomination. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Specimen, Black Overprint Serie B Specimen No. 9 (Pick 39as)

The allegorical female figure at right holds the Constitution, embodying the legal order from which the currency derives its authority. Classical drapery and civic symbolism are combined with industrial and architectural imagery, creating a visual narrative in which republican law and economic modernization operate together. Thomas De La Rue's intaglio engraving gives the figure and surrounding elements a refined tonal range built from closely controlled linework. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Specimen, Black Overprint, Serie C (Pick 39bs)

A large diagonal black SPECIMEN overprint crosses the central face. Two oval SPECIMEN DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED NO VALUE stamps reinforce the printer-controlled status of the note and frame the design from the upper left and lower right. The markings form an integrated administrative layer over the completed monetary design. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Specimen, Red Overprint, Serie D (Pick 39cs)

The repeated Specimen No. 2 designation is central to the significance of this piece. Because the identical number appears on both the red-marked and black-marked examples, the numbering evidently operated within separate control, distribution, or presentation groups rather than as one universal sequence covering every specimen format. The pair therefore documents more than a simple difference in ink color. It reveals that Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited maintained parallel specimen states for the same denomination, series, and numbered reference position. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Specimen, Black Overprint, Serie D (Pick 39cs)

The reverse depicts a large public gathering before monumental architecture, with flags and assembled figures forming a broad narrative of civic participation and national ceremony. The scene is engraved with remarkable density, allowing individual figures, architectural forms, and ceremonial details to remain visible within the wider panoramic composition. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 50 Pesos Specimen, Red Oval De La Rue Cancel, Serie A (Pick 38as)

The obverse design integrates the national arms within a structured guilloche security framework, with the denomination CINCUENTA PESOS prominently placed at center. At right appears a classical allegorical female figure symbolizing constitutional authority and national sovereignty, rendered in finely layered intaglio. The reverse presents a detailed historical and civic scene in blue engraving, depicting a public assembly within an architectural setting, balanced by the reserved watermark oval at right. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 1000 Pesos Specimen, Printed Cancel, Serie B, Specimen No. 8 (Pick 41bs)

This specimen represents the one thousand pesos denomination of the Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay issued under the monetary law of 2 January 1939. As a high-denomination reference impression, it was produced for institutional control, archival documentation, and regulated distribution rather than for circulation. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 50 Centesimos Issued Note Serie H (Pick 34)

The signatures on the obverse represent the governing officers of the Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay at the time of issuance: Julio Solsona Flores as President, Julián A. Illich as General Manager, and Oscar Goldie Arenas as General Secretary. These signatures situate the note firmly within the administrative structure of the 1939 reform period. Read more →

Uruguay 1887 - Banco Nacional de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 20 Centesimos Issued Note SORIANO Branch Overprint, Serial D099758 (Pick A88c)

As a mechanically signed national issue bearing a SORIANO branch overprint, this note documents the structured operational hierarchy of Uruguay's late nineteenth century banking system: centralized printing and signature refinement followed by departmental distribution control through localized overprint application. Read more →

Uruguay 1896 - Banco Nacional de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 20 Centesimos Issued Note PAGADO 25.8.96 Perforation Cancel, Serial L084390 (Pick A88b)

This 20 Centesimos note was issued by the Banco Nacional de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay in 1896 and printed in London by Waterlow and Sons. The base note corresponds to Pick A88b and represents the later emission phase of the nineteenth century fractional series. It bears a formal perforated redemption cancel reading PAGADO 25.8.96 applied after circulation. Read more →

Uruguay 1870 - El Banco Franco Platense 20 Pesos Dos Doblones Issued Note (Pick S173a)

The obligation clause reads 'Pagara al portador y a la vista Veinte Pesos en Billetes de Curso Legal o en su defecto en Oro Sellado con arreglo al Art. 2º de la Ley de 1º de Mayo de 1870,' indicating redemption structure under prevailing legal tender legislation. Read more →