Uruguayan Twenty Pesos Banknote

Country: Uruguay
Issuer: Central Bank of Uruguay
Issue year: 2020
Series: Series A
Type: Horizontal note
Material: Polymer
Size: 139 × 67 mm
Signature: Presidente and Secretario General
Serial: 0 3 3 2 8 5 5 5

The story

The front honours Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1855–1931), a poet, journalist and political figure known as the National Poet of Uruguay. The back shows an allegory of La Leyenda Patria, one of his best-known poems, beside a handwritten excerpt of his epic poem Tabaré, which took him about seven years to write. The quill, scroll and inkwell inside a laurel wreath reflect his literary legacy.

Front

Large portrait of Juan Zorrilla de San Martín with name scroll, photographic portrait of him in an oval clear window, coat of arms of Uruguay with rising sun in a laurel wreath, scroll with quill and inkwell inside a laurel wreath, two signatures with printed titles Secretario General and Presidente, shaped clear window, guilloche rosettes, vertical serial number

Back

Winged allegorical female figure (Alegoría de la Leyenda Patria), handwritten manuscript excerpt of Tabaré with signature, scroll with quill and inkwell inside a laurel wreath, photographic portrait of Juan Zorrilla de San Martín in an oval clear window, red ornamental scrollwork, “La Leyenda Patria” and “Tabaré” captions, “Oberthur Fiduciaire” printer imprint