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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. Read more →

UruguayIssued Note187020 Pesos Dos DoblonesChoice Uncirculated Issued Note20 PesosDos DoblonesSteamship VignetteAllegorical Female PortraitOrange Reverse GuillocheEl Banco Franco PlatenseABNCAmerican Bank Note CompanyCommercial Bank IssueLate 19th Century UruguayUruguay1870Pick S173aMuseum Grade
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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.

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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.

Uruguay 19th Century Uruguay
Uruguay 1862 Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 100 Pesos Pick S245r remainder, unissued and unsigned, engraved by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated

Uruguay 1862 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 100 Pesos Remainder (Pick S245r)

Every detail of the engraving is intact, from the fine guilloché to the portraits of Mercury and Agriculture that framed Uruguay’s economic vision. These were not symbolic choices but direct references to the nation’s trade and export economy, which the bank helped finance. By the late 19th century, the institution was absorbed into Lloyds Bank, but these early remainders preserved the look and ambition of its founding years.

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