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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S637 |
| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central vignette of a pastoral scene with a female figure surrounded by sheep and agricultural implements, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. To the upper right, a circular vignette contains a horse's head in profile. The bank title 'EL BANCO HIPOTECARIO' appears across the top in bold letterpress, with the denomination 'DIEZ PESOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE' and the date 'Bogotá 1º de Octubre de 1881' inscribed in script below the central vignette. Serial number and series letter appear at lower left and center, with signature lines for 'EL GERENTE' and 'EL PRESIDENTE DEL CONSEJO' at bottom. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green with an intricate guilloche underprint covering the entire field, incorporating floral and geometric lathe-work patterns. A central horizontal panel bears the text noting provisional circulation as a Banco Nacional note in accordance with decree No. 612, with the denomination numeral '10' appearing in large figures at left and right. A signature line for 'MINISTRO DEL TESORO' and additional handwritten signatures for members of the Junta de Emisión appear across the face of the note. |
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Banco Nacional was one of several private Colombian banks of issue operating under the 1880 banking law, which allowed chartered institutions to print their own circulating notes. The American Bank Note Company held most of this business by the mid-1880s, supplying virtually every significant Latin American issuer during the period — which means the print quality here is reliably high, even if the designs across different clients can feel interchangeable to modern eyes.
Colombia's experiment with private note-issuing banks collapsed spectacularly when the government nationalized currency operations in 1886, effectively terminating Banco Nacional's right of issue. Notes of this series saw only a short circulation window.