Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | República de Colombia (Ministry of Finance / Junta Nacional de Amortización) |
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| Year | 1904 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA BILLETE POR VALOR DE DIEZ PESOS AMORTIZABLE CONFORME Á LAS LEYES Bogotá, Abril de 1904 (Translation: Republic of Colombia Banknote for value of Ten Pesos Amortizable according to the laws Bogota, April 1904) |
| Reverse description | Brown intaglio print. A standing female allegory of Athena in classical robes occupies the left vignette within an arched frame. The central vignette presents a detailed river scene with paddle-wheel steamboats on the Río Magdalena, captioned accordingly. The face value numeral '10' and the word 'DIEZ' appear in ornamental panels at right, and the issuer name runs along the lower border above the printer's imprint. |
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Colombia's paper currency in the early 1900s was deeply entangled with the aftermath of the Thousand Days War (1899–1902), one of the most destructive civil conflicts in the country's history. The war had triggered an extraordinary inflationary collapse — the Banco Nacional had printed so aggressively that its notes became nearly worthless, and the institution was formally liquidated in 1894, well before the war ended. The Junta Nacional de Amortización was tasked with managing the resulting monetary wreckage.
Waterlow & Sons produced the physical notes in London; Colombia at this point lacked domestic printing infrastructure capable of producing secure currency.