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| Issuer | Banco Nacional de los Estados Unidos de Colombia |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Black print on brown underprint. A portrait vignette of Simón Bolívar occupies the center, flanked by an allegorical figure of Athena at left and the Colombian coat of arms at right. The design incorporates fine guilloche work typical of American Bank Note Company engraving of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco Nacional De Los Estados Unidos De Colombia Pagará al portador á la vista UN PESO EN MONEDA CORRIENTE Bogotá, 1º de Marzo de 1881. American Bank Note Co. New York (Translation: The National Bank of The United States of Colombia Pay to Bearer at sight One Peso in currency. Bogota, March 1st., 1881.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in brown, the reverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche framework of four symmetrical lathe-work panels arranged around a central oval cartouche bearing the issuing bank name in two arched lines. Numeral denominators appear within the lateral guilloche medallions, and the imprint of the American Bank Note Company, New York, is placed along the lower border. |
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