Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Specimen Printed Cancel Serie D Specimen No. 12 (Pick 40cs)
A broad diagonal red SPECIMEN overprint crosses the obverse, supplemented by oval SPECIMEN DE LA RUE CANCELLED stamps. Their placement establishes the note as a formally controlled printer specimen without preventing examination of the portrait, serial fields, watermark area, or central denomination. The repeated use of more than one control device reflects a specimen protocol intended to make the note's administrative status unmistakable. Read more →