Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | República de Colombia |
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| Year | 1904 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | $1 República de Colombia Billete por valor de 1 UN PESO Amortizable conforme á las Leyes BOGOTÁ, Abril de 1904 (Translation: Republic of Colombia Banknote for value of One Peso Amortizable according to the laws Bogota, April 1904) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA 1 SECRETARIO DE LA JUNTA NACIONAL DE AMORTIZACIÓN Waterlow & Sons, Ld. Londres, Inglaterra (Translation: Republic of Colombia 1 Secretary of the National Amortization Board Waterlow & Sons, Ltd. London, England) |
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Colombia's fiscal situation in 1904 was dire. The country had just emerged from the Thousand Days War (1899–1902), one of the bloodiest civil conflicts in its history, and the currency had been wrecked by runaway government paper emissions during the fighting. This note was part of an effort to restore some credibility to Colombian paper money, with Waterlow & Sons handling production — a reliable London security printer whose work carried implicit assurance the domestic infrastructure could not.
Hernández 783 cross-references this issue to a specific authorization within the post-war monetary stabilization decrees, distinguishing it from the emergency wartime printings that preceded it.