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1 Peso Oro Acuñado
| Issuer | Banco de Bogotá |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black on light paper, the obverse is headed CÉDULA HIPOTECARIA and carries the bold title EL BANCO DE BOGOTÁ with PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR below. A circular vignette at left displays a spread-eagle device within an ornate frame, flanked by large numeral 1 counters at each corner. The central panel bears the denomination UN PESO / ORO ACUÑADO within a cartouche, alongside a two-paragraph text stating the bond is redeemable by annual lottery draws over ten years at four percent annual interest payable on 30 June, with CUATRO POR CIENTO overprinted in red across the centre. Serie X and serial number field appear in the upper register, with BOGOTÁ and signature lines for El Director-Gerente and El Secretario at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | CÉDULA HIPOTECARIA EL BANCO DE BOGOTÁ PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR SERIE X UN PESO ORO ACUÑADO ESTÁ CÉDULA ES AMORTIZABLE POR SORTEOS ANUALES EN EL CURSO DE DIEZ AÑOS. SE PAGA EN ORO ACUÑADO. INTERÉS CUATRO POR CIENTO ANUAL, PAGADERO EL 30 DE JUNIO DE CADA AÑO. CUATRO POR CIENTO BOGOTÁ EL DIRECTOR GERENTE EL SECRETARIO American Bank Note Company SPECIMEN |
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The Banco de Bogotá was a private commercial bank, not a central issuing authority, and its notes circulated alongside those of several competing private banks in Colombia well before the Banco de la República was established in 1923 to consolidate the country's monetary framework. ABNC handled the printing for much of Colombian private banking at this period, supplying engraved notes that carried more visual authority than the issuing institutions sometimes warranted.
The denomination — "Peso Oro Acuñado," meaning minted gold peso — is the telling detail. The qualifier distinguished these notes from debased or depreciated peso variants and was a direct response to chronic monetary instability following the Thousand Days War and the inflationary paper emissions that scarred public confidence in Colombian currency for decades afterward.