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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Colombiano |
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| Year | 1879-1900 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE GUATEMALA EL BANCO COLOMBIANO Pagará á la vista al portador la cantidad de UN PESO en moneda corriente i efectiva Guatemala Serie 1ª UNO $1 |
| Reverse description | Printed in green. The reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche pattern centred on a large numeral '1' within an oval medallion, surrounded by fine lathe-work borders. The bank name 'BANCO COLOMBIANO' arcs across the upper portion of the central oval, with 'EN GUATEMALA' along the lower arc. Denomination counters reading 'UNO' appear at left and right, and '$1' corner counters are repeated in each of the four corners. |
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The Banco Colombiano was one of several private banks operating under Colombia's 1865 banking legislation, which permitted chartered institutions to issue their own notes — a system that persisted until the government moved to centralize emission in the early twentieth century. American Bank Note Company handled the engraving and printing work, as it did for the majority of Colombian private bank issues during this period, which gives this note its characteristically fine intaglio quality.
The twenty-one-year date range on the series reflects the bank's prolonged authorization to issue, not multiple distinct printings — surviving examples tend not to differ substantively by date.