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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Pamplona |
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| Year | 1884 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on white cotton paper, the note is framed by guilloche ornamental borders with numeral '10' counters at each corner. The central vignette, set within an oval guilloche frame, presents a bear standing over its prey; above it, the bank title 'EL BANCO DE PAMPLONA' is rendered in bold serif lettering with 'Serie C.' at the upper left and a manuscript serial number at the upper right. Below the vignette, the obligation text 'pagará al portador á la vista' precedes the large denomination inscription 'DIEZ PESOS' flanked by decorative flourishes, with the place name 'Pamplona', the date, and three signature lines for 'El 2o Director', 'El Director Gerente', and 'El 3a Director' in the lower register. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green ink, the reverse carries a large central numeral '10' within a circular guilloche medallion, with 'DIEZ PESOS' arcing below and 'BANCO DE PAMPLONA' along the upper arc of the central design. The words 'DIEZ' and 'PESOS' appear in separate ornamental frames to the left and right respectively, while numeral '10' counters occupy each corner, the entire field covered with fine lathe-work guilloche patterns and repetitive micro-lettering borders, with a manuscript cashier's signature at the lower right. |
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Banco de Pamplona was one of Colombia's short-lived regional private banks, chartered under the 1865 banking law that briefly encouraged decentralized note issuance before the government systematically dismantled private banking privileges through the 1880s and 1890s. This note falls squarely in that final window — by 1884 the political winds had already shifted, and most regional banks were operating on borrowed time.
Pamplona itself, in Norte de Santander near the Venezuelan border, was a commercial backwater compared to Bogotá or Medellín. Notes from this issuer rarely surface, likely reflecting both low original print runs and high attrition in a region with limited banking infrastructure.