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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco de Barranquilla |
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| Year | 1900 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set within a decorative typeset border with ornamental corner devices. At upper left, the Colombian national coat of arms appears as a small vignette; to its right, the bank name EL BANCO DE BARRANQUILLA is rendered in bold display lettering. Below, the promise-to-pay text is arranged in horizontal lines, and the denomination numeral 10 appears at lower left within a typeset panel. The date and administrator's manuscript signature are inscribed at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centres on a guilloche-framed circular panel bearing the numeral 10 and the inscription DIEZ CENTAVOS, with SERIE R lettered below. To the right, a block of typeset text sets out the legal tender declaration, noting the note's forced circulation throughout the department and its temporary inconvertibility under government contract. A manuscript signature of the Jefe Civil y Militar del Departamento appears at the foot. |
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The Banco de Barranquilla was one of Colombia's private regional banks operating under the 1870s free banking legislation that allowed commercial institutions to issue their own notes. By 1900, that era was nearly over — the government moved aggressively to consolidate monetary authority following the economic chaos of the Thousand Days War, which began that same year and effectively strangled private bank operations across the country.
A 10 centavos fractional note from a regional Colombian private bank of this period is genuinely uncommon. Small-denomination notes circulated hard and were rarely preserved.