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1 Peso
| Issuer | Tesorería General de la República de Colombia |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on light paper and carries a central guilloche oval vignette at right, with a classical allegorical female figure standing to the left holding a lance and leaning against an anchor, with a sailing ship in the background. The denomination UNO / UN PESO appears in bold lettering at center, with the serial number and series letter in the upper corners. The imprint of the American Bank Note Co., New York appears at the lower margin, and the date BOGOTÁ, JUNIO 1 DE 1919 is inscribed at the bottom. |
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| Reverse lettering | CÉDULA DE TESORERÍA Gana el 2% de interés anual, se recibe en todo pago a las Rentas Nacionales y se amortiza en la totalidad de la de papel sellado y timbre nacional—(Escritura pública No. 441 de 26 de Marzo de 1919 otorgada ante el Notario 3º del Circuito de Bogotá, y registrada en el Juzgado 7º del mismo Circuito.) EL MINISTRO DEL TESORO EL JEFE DE LA SECCIÓN DE CRÉDITO PÚBLICO EL TESORERO GENERAL |
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Colombia's Tesorería General — the national treasury, not the central bank — issued paper currency during periods when the Banco de la República either did not yet exist or lacked the infrastructure to supply the market. This note predates the founding of the Banco de la República by three years; the 1923 Kemmerer Mission reforms that created it were still a political negotiation away.
The American Bank Note Company contract for Colombian treasury notes during this period involved plates shared or adapted across multiple denominations and years, which occasionally produced minor typographical inconsistencies between print runs. Worth examining the serial prefix carefully against documented series ranges.