10 Pesos

Banco de Barranquilla was one of several private Colombian banks that emerged following the 1871 banking law, which allowed state-chartered institutions to issue their own currency — a genuinely decentralized arrangement that lasted until the Banco de la República nationalized note issuance in the 1920s. The American Bank Note Company handled production for a number of these regional Colombian issuers during the same period, which means plate quality is generally high, though the Barranquilla series tends to surface in heavily circulated grades given the port city's intense commercial activity.