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1 Peso = 1 Dollar
| Issuer | Banco de la República de Colombia, Bogotá |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA BOGOTÁ ESTADOS UNIDOS DE COLOMBIA UN PESO ONE DOLLAR Pagará al portador a la vista Un Peso en monedas legales de oro ó plata Will pay the bearer on demand One Dollar in legal money gold or silver CAJERO PRESIDENTE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-grey intaglio and displays an elaborate all-over geometric guilloche pattern with intricate lathe-work medallions at the corners and along the borders. The centre carries the bold numeral '1' within a complex rosette, flanked by the word 'UNO' in large block letters on either side. The Homer Lee Bank Note Co., New York imprint appears in small type at the lower centre. |
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The Homer Lee Bank Note Company was a short-lived New York printer that operated in the late nineteenth and very early twentieth century before being absorbed into larger competitors. Its work for Colombian regional and national issuers falls into a narrow window, which helps date notes bearing its imprint even when other documentation is thin.
The dual peso/dollar denomination reflects Colombia's commercial reality at the time — trade settlements with American interests required a direct peg, and stating equivalence on the face of the note was a practical convenience for port and export transactions rather than a constitutional monetary declaration.