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10 000 Pesos Oro 500 years of America discovery
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 10 000 Pesos (10 000 COP) |
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| Reverse lettering | 10000 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 ORO 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 DIEZ MIL PESOS ORO 10000) |
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| Protection description | Portrait of an Embera indigenous woman |
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The 1992 quincentenary issue was part of a broadly coordinated commemorative effort across Latin American central banks marking five centuries since Columbus's 1492 landfall. Colombia's contribution was printed by Banco de México — an unusual arrangement, since the Banco de la República had by that point been producing its own notes domestically for decades. The cross-border contract likely reflected capacity constraints or a deliberate regional solidarity gesture tied to the anniversary programming.
Watermark security only — no security thread, no fluorescent inks — which places it at the lighter end of the anti-counterfeiting spectrum for a high-denomination note of its period.