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 →