Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Estado Soberano de Cundinamarca |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central vignette of the Estación de Facatativa railway station building, accompanied by the legend 'FERROCARRIL DE LA SABANA' above and 'ESTACIÓN DE FACATATIVA' below. To the right, a circular guilloche medallion encloses the denomination numeral '1'. The upper margin carries the inscriptions 'ESTADO SOBERANO', 'BILLETE DEL ESTADO', and 'DE CUNDINAMARCA', while the body of the note bears the issuing text stating the note is of compulsory acceptance for 50% of all state contributions, dated Bogotá 1884, with three manuscript signatures at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and plain, presented on light cream paper with no vignette, text, or decorative elements; the surface shows natural aging and fold marks consistent with circulation. |
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The Estado Soberano de Cundinamarca was one of nine sovereign states under Colombia's Rionegro Constitution of 1863 — a radically federalist arrangement that gave each state its own laws, army, and, crucially, its own right to issue currency. This note dates to the final years of that system. The Regeneración movement under Rafael Núñez was already dismantling federalism by the early 1880s, and the 1886 constitution would abolish the sovereign states entirely, rendering issues like this one constitutionally obsolete within two years of printing.
Local Bogotá printing at this period was technically modest compared to contemporary European bank note production, and the S176 series reflects that.