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1 Peso
| Uitgever | Sociedad de Zancudo, Medellín |
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| Jaar | 1882 |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Cotton paper |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Dark green and black note with a left vignette of miners working in a landscape with dogs, a central serial number, and an oval portrait of a gentleman in formal attire at right. The guilloche underprint carries repeated '1 UN PESO' lettering along all borders. Text below reads 'UN PESO EN MONEDAS CORRIENTES Ó BILLETES DE BANCO' with spaces for El Director and El Secretario Contador signatures. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | LA SOCIEDAD DE ZANCUDO UN PESO UN PESO EN MONEDAS CORRIENTES Ó BILLETES DE BANCO PAGARA AL PORTADOR EN SUS OFICINAS DE MEDELLIN EL DIRECTOR EL SECRETARIO CONTADOR American Bank Note Co. New York |
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| Opmerkingen |
Sociedad de Zancudo was a mining and smelting operation based in the Cauca region southwest of Medellín — one of the most significant gold-producing enterprises in 19th-century Colombia. Private banks and commercial firms routinely issued their own notes in this period, filling the void left by Colombia's chronically undercapitalized formal banking sector. Zancudo's notes circulated locally among workers and traders connected to the mining economy, functioning as a practical substitute for scarce coin.
American Bank Note Company's involvement was common for Latin American private issuers of means — the prestige of a New York-engraved note was itself a form of credibility in a region where confidence in paper was hard-won.