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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco de Bogotá |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE BOGOTÁ UN PESO El Banco de Bogotá pagará al portador a la vista UN PESO en moneda de plata de 0.900 talla mayor y de curso, plata equiparada a la esta con el premio descuento corrientes en la plaza Bogotá 1 Mayo de 1873 El Director 2° El Director Gerente El Director 3° Serie E Núm. 33356 |
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| Reverse lettering | ESTE BILLETE CIRCULA PROVISIONALMENTE COMO BILLETE DEL BANCO NACIONAL, DE ACUERDO CON EL DECRETO N° 517 DE 20 DE OCTUBRE DE 1886 EL CAJERO MIEMBROS DE LA JUNTA |
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Banco de Bogotá was the first private commercial bank established in Colombia, founded in 1870 under legislation that briefly opened the country to free banking. This note predates the Banco Nacional and the era of centralized Colombian currency by nearly a decade — private banks like Bogotá issued their own circulating notes under concession, competing directly with one another in a fragmented monetary environment that lasted until the 1880s reforms.
The American Bank Note Company plate work for Colombian private bank issues of this period is generally fine, and the Bogotá series is no exception. Cotton substrate on early ABNCo Colombian provincials tends to yellow unevenly along fold lines.