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Uruguay 1935 - Departamento de Emisión del Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Large-Format Presentation Photo Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

A large-format photographic presentation proof pair for the 1935 500 Pesos issue produced by the American Bank Note Company for the Departamento de Emisión del Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay. As part of Uruguay’s pre-war unified design program, the 500 Pesos denomination occupied a senior position within the series, below the 1,000 Pesos but above the standard circulation values. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Departamento de Emisión del Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

The obverse features a classical female head in profile, framed within an ornate architectural cartouche and accompanied by the full denomination and national arms. Executed with dense guilloche engraving and carefully balanced tonal modulation, the design reflects American Bank Note Company’s mature interwar style, combining symbolic restraint with technical precision. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Specimen, Perforated Cancel, Serie A (Pick 40as)

The reverse presents the denomination's expansive agricultural composition, bringing together figures at work, livestock, cultivated land, and the wider rural economy. The scene transforms the reverse into a statement of national productivity, connecting the value represented on the face with the agricultural resources and labor that supported Uruguay's economy. Fine architectural framing and repeated denomination devices enclose the central vignette and reinforce the note's official character. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Specimen, Printed Cancel, Serie A, Specimen No. 29 (Pick 40as)

The portrait vignette at right is modeled through dense intaglio linework and placed against imagery associated with industry and economic activity. It forms the human center of the design, while the watermark area at left provides an open counterweight within the otherwise heavily engraved surface. This balance between portraiture, unprinted paper, monumental typography, and ornamental security work is characteristic of Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited's high-denomination designs of the period. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Specimen Oval De La Rue Cancel Serie B Specimen No. 45 (Pick 40as)

Serie B is clearly stated on the obverse and paired with an all-zero serial arrangement. These elements reproduce the organizational structure of circulation currency while preserving the note as a controlled institutional example. The printed Specimen No. 45 inscription at the lower margin provides an individual reference identity, showing that the piece belonged to a numbered sequence rather than serving as an unrecorded production sample. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Specimen Printed Cancel Serie C Specimen No. 10 (Pick 40bs)

This comprehensive marking system distinguishes the Serie C example from more restrained formats within the same denomination. Printed by Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited, Specimen No. 10 preserves the entire visual and administrative identity of the note: the finished design, the series designation, the controlled numbering, and the full printer-authorized cancellation protocol used for institutional reference material. Read more →

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 →