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1 Peso
| Issuer | Tesoro del Departamento de Antioquia |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse description | Dark intaglio-printed note with a central vignette of a steam locomotive traversing a mountain landscape at left, alongside a circular guilloche medallion bearing the Colombian coat of arms at centre. The header reads GOBIERNO DEPARTAMENTAL and EL TESORO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIA in bold letterpress, with the place and date Medellín, Enero de 1901 inscribed at upper left and the serial number at upper right. The denomination UN PESO EN MONEDAS CORRIENTES appears in the lower centre field, with the promise to pay al portador, á la vista noted to the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | GOBIERNO DEPARTAMENTAL EL TESORO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIA Medellín, Enero de 1901 Libranza No Pagará al portador, á la vista UN PESO EN MONEDAS CORRIENTES EL SUB-GRIO. DE HACIENDA EL ADMOR. GRAL. DEL TESORO GARANTIZADA POR DECRETO DEL 21 DE MAYO DE 1900 |
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The Tesoro del Departamento de Antioquia issued regional treasury notes during the Thousand Days War (1899–1902), one of the most destructive civil conflicts in Colombian history. The national government's fiscal collapse during that period pushed individual departments to issue their own paper currency to meet local payroll and procurement obligations. Antioquia, with its relatively strong regional economy anchored in mining and coffee, was better positioned than most to back such issues — though confidence in departmental paper was never guaranteed.
Printed locally in Medellín rather than abroad, production quality reflects the constraints of wartime.