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Uruguay 1887 Banco Nacional de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 20 Centesimos Pick A88a issued note serial A029393 with hand applied signatures and Mercury vignette

Uruguay 1887 - Banco Nacional de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 20 Centesimos Issued Note Serial A029393 (Pick A88a)

The Banco Nacional operated as a principal instrument of monetary stabilization in late nineteenth-century Uruguay, issuing notes convertible into metallic reserves within a structured commercial banking system. The 20 Centesimos denomination occupied the lower fractional tier of the emission structure, facilitating everyday transactions while maintaining formal engraved security features equal in sophistication to higher denominations. Read more →

UruguayIssued Note188720 CentesimosVF (PMG 20 est.) Issued Note20 CentesimosSerial A029393Hand SignedMercury AllegoryGreen Guilloche ReverseWaterlow and SonsBanco Nacional de la Republica Oriental del UruguayLey 25 de Agosto de 1887Uruguay Monetary ReformLate 19th Century BankingUruguay1887Pick A88aMuseum Grade
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Uruguay 1870 El Banco Franco Platense 20 Pesos Dos Doblones with steamship vignette printed by American Bank Note Company

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

This 20 Pesos note was issued by El Banco Franco Platense in Montevideo and dated 1 de Agosto de 1870. The denomination is expressed both as Veinte Pesos and Dos Doblones, reflecting contemporary dual-value terminology within Uruguay's evolving monetary structure during the late nineteenth century.

El Banco Franco Platense Late 19th Century Uruguay
Argentina 1884 El Banco del Chaco 1 Peso Moneda Nacional Oro, Serial 15849

Argentina 1884 - El Banco del Chaco 1 Peso Moneda Nacional Oro Serial 15849 (Pick S1566)

This issued example tells a different story from any proof or specimen: it is a true frontier survivor. Villa Ocampo in the 1880s was not a polished banking center-it was a rough agricultural settlement carved out of subtropical forest, isolated by distance, heat, and river routes, where notes like this one lived harsh lives. Paper currency circulated through cattle posts, timber camps, river docks, storehouses, and provincial tax offices. Notes were folded, dampened, traded, paid out in wages, and used until exhaustion. The edge tears, surface wear, and softened engraving on this piece are the direct fingerprints of that real-world circulation.

Provincial Banking 19th Century Argentina Circulated Survivor
Uruguay 1862 Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 100 Pesos Pick S245s specimen, perforated SPECIMEN, engraved by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., graded PMG 64 EPQ

Uruguay 1862 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 100 Pesos Specimen (Pick S245s)

This perforated specimen of the 1862 100 Pesos note was prepared for the Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata, among the earliest private commercial banks to operate in Uruguay and the wider River Plate region. Founded in Buenos Aires in 1862 with a Montevideo branch soon after, the bank served as a critical financial link between South American trade and British capital-handling customs revenue, shipping finance, and early railway projects.

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