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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. Read more →

UruguaySpecimen1862100 PesosPMG 64 EPQ Pick S245sPick S245SpecimenBanco de Londres y Rio de la PlataBradbury WilkinsonBWCUruguay 19th Century100 PesosUruguay1862

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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)

Few notes capture the working side of 19th-century banknote production like this 1862 100 Pesos remainder. Printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. for the Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata but never signed or issued, it remains an untouched example of Uruguay’s first major British-engraved currency design. No cancellations, no serials-just the raw presswork as it left London more than 160 years ago. Read more →

UruguayRemainder1862100 PesosPMG 63 Choice Uncirculated Pick S245rPick S245RemainderBanco de Londres y Rio de la PlataBradbury WilkinsonBWCUruguay 19th Century100 PesosUruguay1862

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Uruguay 1872 P. Valdez & Co. Tacuarembo 10 Centesimos unissued note with harvest scene, lith. Bauer, Rincon 72 Montevideo

Uruguay 1872 - P. Valdez & Co., Tacuarembo 10 Centesimos Unissued (Pick Unlisted)

Unissued 10 Centesimos note dated 1 July 1872 from P. Valdez & Co. of Tacuarembo (then San Fructuoso), printed by Lit. F. Bauer, Rincon 72, Montevideo. Pablo Valdez was a leading figure of 19th-century Tacuarembo: a stage-coach operator connecting San Fructuoso with Paso de los Toros, the town’s first agent of livestock brands and marks, and founder of the large soap works Jaboneria de Pablo Valdez near Arroyo Tranqueras. His firm issued these small bearer chits to replace missing fractional coinage during the post-conflict period following the Revolution of the Lances (1870-1872). Read more →

UruguayPrivate Scrip187210 CentesimosRaw (VF est.) UruguayPick UnlistedUnissued NotePrivate ScripEmergency MoneyTacuaremboP. Valdez & Co.F. Bauer LithographyUruguay 19th Century10 Centesimos1872Local Issue

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Uruguay 1872 P. Valdez & Co. Tacuarembo 20 Centesimos unissued note with classical vignette, lith. Bauer, Rincon 72 Montevideo

Uruguay 1872 - P. Valdez & Co., Tacuarembo 20 Centesimos Unissued (Pick Unlisted)

Design: single-sided brown lithograph with a neoclassical vignette of two youths carrying a sickle and sheaf of grain, symbolizing cooperation and labor. The value VEINTE CENTESIMOS appears within rosettes marked 20; the Bauer imprint sits at base. The wide left margin and binding perforations show that these were bound in counterfoil books for controlled issue. The note measures roughly 141 by 57 mm, matching the size data preserved in Uruguayan references. Read more →

UruguayPrivate Scrip187220 CentesimosRaw (VF est.) UruguayPick UnlistedUnissued NotePrivate ScripEmergency MoneyTacuaremboP. Valdez & Co.F. Bauer LithographyUruguay 19th Century20 Centesimos1872Local Issue

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