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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Estado Soberano de Cundinamarca |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on white paper. The upper portion bears the inscriptions ESTADO SOBERANO and DE CUNDINAMARCA flanking the central title BILLETE DEL ESTADO, with the coat of arms of the Estados Unidos de Colombia in an oval vignette at left. A large guilloche numeral 10 occupies the centre, flanked by the words DIEZ and PESOS, with a Series C designation and serial number above. To the right, an intaglio portrait of a bearded gentleman in three-quarter view. The lower body text, set in Bogotá and dated 6 de mayo de 1884, states the note's acceptance for 50% of all State contributions, with three manuscript signatures below for El Procurador del Estado, El Secretario de Hacienda, and El Administrador General de Hacienda. |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO SOBERANO / BILLETE DEL ESTADO / DE CUNDINAMARCA ESTADOS UNIDOS DE COLOMBIA Serie C DIEZ PESOS 10 EL ESTADO DE CUNDINAMARCA reconoce a favor del portador la suma de DIEZ PESOS. Este billete es de forzosa admisión en el pago del 50% de todas las contribuciones del Estado, con excepción de las de vías de comunicación. Bogotá, 6 de mayo de 1884 EL PROCURADOR DEL ESTADO / EL SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA / EL ADMINISTRADOR GENERAL DE HACIENDA |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown on plain paper, the reverse presents a symmetrical tripartite layout with three large circular guilloche rosettes: the two outer rosettes each bearing the numeral 10 and the central rosette composed of an elaborate floral lathe-work pattern. Ornamental corner pieces with club-shaped motifs frame the design at all four corners, connected by horizontal decorative borders. The inscription ESTADO S. DE CUNDINAMARCA appears in an arched banner across the upper centre, and the printer's imprint Lit. D. Paredes, Bogotá is set at the lower centre. |
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