Catálogo
1 Peso
| Emisor | Banco de la Unión |
|---|---|
| Año | 1882 |
| Tipo | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Valor | 1 Peso |
| Moneda | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Composición | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Tamaño | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Forma | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Impresor | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Diseñador(es) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Grabador(es) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| En circulación hasta | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Referencia(s) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Descripción del anverso | Green and black note with a central vignette of a large classical building set against a mountain backdrop, framed by fine guilloche work. The denomination "UN PESO" appears twice flanking the central vignette, with large ornate "1" numerals at left and right corners; a bust of Mercury in profile occupies the lower right corner. The bank title "EL BANCO DE LA UNION" arcs across the top, with the Quito date line and payment text "Pagará al Portador" in the lower centre field, above the large underprint legend "U.N.O." |
|---|---|
| Leyenda del anverso | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Descripción del reverso | Uniform green intaglio print composed entirely of intricate lathe-work guilloche patterns arranged in repeating geometric and floral motifs across the full field. A central rectangular panel with a fine guilloche border carries the bold bank inscription, flanked on each side by symmetrical ornamental scrollwork vignettes. The printer's imprint appears at both the top and bottom margins. |
| Leyenda del reverso | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Firma(s) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Tipo de protección | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Descripción de la protección | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Variantes | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Comentarios |
Banco de la Unión was one of several private Colombian banks chartered under the 1880 banking law, which allowed provincial commercial banks to issue their own circulating notes. The American Bank Note Company handled a significant share of this work — not because Colombian institutions had any particular loyalty to New York printers, but because ABNC was aggressively marketing its services across Latin America during this period and could offer security printing that local facilities simply couldn't match.
The Banco de la Unión itself was short-lived. Colombia's chaotic monetary history of the 1880s and the eventual nationalization pressures of the following decade pushed most private issuing banks into dissolution, making surviving notes from this series genuinely uncommon in any grade.