Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Republicano |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red-brown on plain paper, with a large central guilloche rosette and the numeral "1" repeated in each corner within ornate lathe-work panels. The bank name "BANCO REPUBLICANO" is set in bold serif capitals across the centre, flanked by intricate engine-turned border patterns on all four sides. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO REPUBLICANO 1 |
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Banco Republicano was one of several private Colombian banks authorized to issue currency under the banking legislation of the 1880s. By 1899, that liberal banking experiment was already collapsing — the Thousand Days War broke out that same year, and the inflationary chaos that followed effectively ended private bank note issuance in Colombia for good. Most Banco Republicano notes were either spent into destruction or rendered worthless before any systematic preservation occurred.
Survivors at any grade are genuinely uncommon. The S-prefix in the Pick reference reflects its status as a private bank emission rather than a government or central bank issue.