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1 Peso Oro
| Issuer | Junta de Conversión de Colombia |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Currency | Peso decimalized (1847-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Simón Bolívar in military uniform within an oval vignette at left, identified by the inscription 'BOLIVAR' beneath. A large guilloche numeral '1' vignette occupies the centre-right, surrounded by intricate lathe-work underprint. The date '20 de Julio de 1915' and the city 'Bogotá' appear in the lower centre field, with serial number and series letter printed at upper left and lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Republica de Colombia UNO DE COLOMBIA |
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The Junta de Conversión was established specifically to manage Colombia's catastrophic post-war monetary mess following the Thousand Days War, which had ended in 1902 leaving the country flooded with depreciated paper from multiple competing issues. By 1915 the Junta was still working through the conversion process that gave it its name — exchanging the old inflated paper for new notes at fixed rates. This 1 Peso Oro was part of that stabilization apparatus, the "Oro" designation signifying notional gold backing rather than actual convertibility.
ABNC produced a conservative but technically accomplished plate for the series.