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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Estado Soberano de Bolívar |
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| Year | 1885 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black with an orange-red underprint. At left, a seated allegorical female figure of Justice holds scales and a sword; at centre, a large intaglio vignette of a steam locomotive advancing on a railway track before an industrial building. The title ESTADO SOBERANO DE BOLÍVAR arcs across the top, with the denomination DIEZ PESOS in bold lettering across the centre, flanked by numeral counter panels reading DIEZ at lower left and X at lower right. The place of issue, Cartagena, and a manuscript date appear at upper right alongside a printed serial number. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a uniform golden-brown tone with an elaborate lathe-work guilloche pattern covering the entire surface. At centre, a rectangular panel framed by ornate scrollwork bears a manuscript signature. The inscription ESTADO SOBERANO at top and DE BOLÍVAR at bottom bracket the central cartouche, with DIEZ PESOS repeated in two horizontal bands and the numeral 10 in large counters at left and right within interlocking guilloche ovals. |
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The Estado Soberano de Bolívar was one of nine sovereign states under Colombia's federalist constitution of 1863 — an arrangement that gave each state the authority to contract its own paper money, often from North American bank note companies. Hamilton Bank Note Engraving & Printing Co. handled a number of these regional Colombian commissions during the 1870s and 1880s, competing with the better-known American Bank Note Company for exactly this kind of peripheral government work.
The federalist system collapsed in 1886 when Rafael Núñez pushed through the new centralist constitution, ending the sovereign states entirely. Notes issued under the old order were rendered obsolete almost immediately, which limits surviving circulation examples considerably.