10 000 Pesos 500 years of America discovery

€213,677.00
IssuerColombia
Year1993-1994
TypeCommemorative note
Value10 000 Pesos (10 000 COP)
CurrencyPeso decimalized (1847-date)
CompositionPaper
Size140 × 70 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterImprenta de Billetes, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia
No. printed
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Reference(s) P#437A
Obverse descriptionLarge portrait of native woman on the right, next to her a small gold sculpture. Lettering in the middle with signatures on top of image of Columbis ships inside a circle. The watermark on the left. Red color serial number above the watermark and on red (larger) numbers below the woman`s portrait.
Reverse descriptionColorful native birds of Colombia on the left and top of the note, in the middle an ancient world map. Denomination and lettering on a single row at the bottom. Watermark on the right and on its right, small lettering by Christoffer Columbus. A small image of the Santa Maria ship at the lower right corner.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionPortrait of native, Embera woman
Obverse letteringEL BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA PAGARA AL PORTADOR DIEZ MIL PESOS SERIE CONMEMORATIVA DEL 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 1492 COLOMBIA MUJER EMBERA SANTA FE DE BOGOTA, 1993
(Translation: The Bank of the Republic (Central Bank) will pay the bearer Ten thousand pesos Commemorative series of the 12th October 1492 Colombia Embera woman Santa Fe de Bogota, -date of issue-)
Reverse lettering10000 WALDSEEMÜLLER (1507) gente que mejor se liberaría y convertiría a nuestra santa Fé con amor que no por fuerza CRISTOBAL COLON NAO SANTA MARIA 10000 DIEZ MIL PESOS 10000
(Translation: 10000 WALDSEEMÜLLER (1507) people that would best be freed and would convert to our holy Faith with love but not with force CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS NAO SANTA MARIA 10000 TEN THOUSAND PESOS 10000)
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Catalog ID9976478900
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