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20 Centésimos Provisional
| Issuer | Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Centésimos (0.20 UYP) |
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| Obverse description | This provisional note is a modified host 1 Peso banknote with a portrait vignette of José G. Artigas at left, the issuer name across the top, and the original face value suppressed by three parallel horizontal black overprint bars across the denomination area and text. The four corners, originally bearing the numeral '1', have been physically cut away to obliterate the original face value, and a new denomination 'VEINTE CENTÉSIMOS' is overprinted below the cancelled value. Red or black serial numbers appear at upper right and lower left, with the series designation in black. |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay Pagará al portador y a la vista Un Peso 1 En Moneda Legal de oro o plata Sellada Ley de 4 de Agosto de 1896 VEINTE CENTÉSIMOS Montevideo, Enero de 1918 CASA DE MONEDA - BUENOS AIRES (Translation: The Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay will pay to the bearer at sight One Peso 1 in legal currency of sealed silver or gold. Law from August 4th., 1896 Twenty cents Montevideo, January, 1918 Casa de Moneda - Buenos Aires) |
| Reverse description | The reverse of the host 1 Peso note carries the issuer name in a curved legend at top and the national coat of arms as a central vignette. The original face value inscription at bottom and the numerals at all four corners are suppressed by three parallel horizontal black overprint bars, with 'PROVISORIO' overprinted across the center and the new denomination 'VEINTE CENTÉSIMOS' overprinted below it. |
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