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5 Centésimos Emergency Postal Script Issues
| Issuer | Uruguay |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Value | 5 Centésimos (0.05 UYP) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY 5 CENTECIMOS MONTEVIDEO (Translation: Oriental Republic of Uruguay 5 Cents Montevideo) |
| Reverse description | Uniface; the reverse is blank with no printed inscriptions, vignettes, or underprint of any kind. |
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Uruguay's 1868 postal script notes emerged from a genuine coin shortage — fractional copper and silver had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded or exported, leaving small transactions without a practical medium. The postal administration stepped in, issuing these scrip notes redeemable against postage, a workaround adopted across several Latin American nations during the same decades.
The 70 x 50 mm format reflects the practical constraints of the issuing office, not any banking standard. Survivors are scarce; most circulated until literally worn to illegibility.