$U5000 — Five Thousand Pesos
The artwork
Front: Brigadier General Juan Antonio Lavalleja, named in small caps beside his shoulder — leader of the Thirty-Three Orientals and a founding figure of independent Uruguay — engraved in reddish brown and facing slightly left in a heavily braided uniform. Centre left, the national coat of arms in pale blue: scales, the Cerro fortress, a horse and an ox in quarters. The value panel reads NUEVOS PESOS / CINCO MIL / MONEDA NACIONAL, with LEY Nº 14.316 above.
Back: A full-colour reproduction of the swearing of the constitution, captioned JURA DE LA CONSTITUCION 1830: crowds in top hats and bonnets packed before a colonnaded building hung with flags, dignitaries watching from the balcony. To the left, ceibo foliage and the legend 18 DE JULIO 1830-1980, SESQUICENTENARIO DE LA JURA DE LA CONSTITUCION. Denomination in dark red at all four corners.
In circulation
A commemorative design marking the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the 1830 constitution, circulating through the inflationary 1980s as one of the higher nuevo peso values. The nuevo peso gave way to the peso uruguayo in 1993 at a thousand to one, and notes of this family were withdrawn.
Details
- IssuerBanco Central del Uruguay
- CurrencyPeso ($U)
- DenominationFive Thousand Pesos
- Collectedon the Uruguay journey, 1997
- SeriesLey Nº 14.316, Serie C
- SignatureThree: Presidente, Gerente General and Secretario General