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Uruguay 2.1.1939 PMG Graded 100 Pesos (Front and Back Printer's Design)
PMG Choice UNC 63 EPQ 100 Pesos (Front Printer's Design)
PMG Superb Gem UNC 67 EPQ 100 Pesos (Back Printer's Design)
Printer's design. An unissued printer's design, separate front and back with selvage, for a 100 Pesos prepared for the "El Departamento de Emision del Banco de la Republica Oriental Del Uruguay". Evidently unpublished, we offered different colors of this type previously, but this is only the third such pair we have seen. This design would ultimately be issued by the Banco Central del Uruguay, which issued its first banknotes for Uruguay in 1966 and continues to do so until this day. The various denominations of the 1966 series for the Banco Central were printed by Thomas de la Rue, while the trial pieces in this lot were printed by the United States Banknote Corporation, possibly in an attempt to win the contract to print the new series. It is possible that the bank name had not been decided on yet, as other trial pieces exist of this design printed for the "Banco Central de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay," which was considered too similar to the name of a commercial bank operating in Uruguay at the time. Highly unusual, this lot offers an exciting opportunity for the South American specialist. PMG mentions "Selvage included".
PMG Choice UNC 63 EPQ 100 Pesos (Front Printer's Design)
PMG Superb Gem UNC 67 EPQ 100 Pesos (Back Printer's Design)
Printer's design. An unissued printer's design, separate front and back with selvage, for a 100 Pesos prepared for the "El Departamento de Emision del Banco de la Republica Oriental Del Uruguay". Evidently unpublished, we offered different colors of this type previously, but this is only the third such pair we have seen. This design would ultimately be issued by the Banco Central del Uruguay, which issued its first banknotes for Uruguay in 1966 and continues to do so until this day. The various denominations of the 1966 series for the Banco Central were printed by Thomas de la Rue, while the trial pieces in this lot were printed by the United States Banknote Corporation, possibly in an attempt to win the contract to print the new series. It is possible that the bank name had not been decided on yet, as other trial pieces exist of this design printed for the "Banco Central de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay," which was considered too similar to the name of a commercial bank operating in Uruguay at the time. Highly unusual, this lot offers an exciting opportunity for the South American specialist. PMG mentions "Selvage included".