Catalog
1 Peso Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Value | 1 Peso (1 COP) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval portrait vignette of Simón Bolívar in military uniform, flanked on either side by ornate rosette medallions bearing the numeral "1", all set against a red-orange and green guilloche underprint. The bank title "EL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA" arcs across the top of the note, with "UN PESO ORO" at the foot. Series letter and serial numbers are printed in blue at both upper corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | El Banco de la República Bogotá Colombia Un Peso Oro (Translation: The Bank of the Republic Bogotá Colombia One Peso Oro) |
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Colombia's Banco de la República was only four years old when this note was issued, having been established in 1923 largely under pressure from the Kemmerer Mission — the U.S. monetary advisory group that restructured central banking across much of Latin America during the 1920s. The peso oro itself was a deliberate construct, pegged to gold at the rate set by the 1923 reforms to break from decades of currency instability following the Thousand Days War.
The American Bank Note Company held the printing contract for much of the early República series. ABNC's New York plant produced notes for dozens of Latin American central banks during this period, which occasionally causes confusion when plates from one country's designs were later adapted or reused elsewhere.