Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de los Estados Unidos de Colombia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1881 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 10 Pesos (10 COP) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in orange, the reverse displays an intricate guilloche framework enclosed within an ornate geometric border. Large numeral "10" denominators are set within the guilloche work at left and right, and the issuing bank name arcs across the upper field in a curved cartouche. The American Bank Note Co. imprint appears at the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | El Banco Nacional de los 10 10 Estados Unidos de Colombia (Translation: The National Bank of The United States of Colombia) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Banco Nacional de los Estados Unidos de Colombia was established in 1880 as the country's first government-owned central bank, a deliberate move by the Núñez administration to wrest monetary control away from the private banks that had dominated Colombian finance since the 1860s. This note belongs to the bank's earliest emission, printed the following year by ABNC in New York — a common arrangement for Latin American issuers who lacked domestic intaglio capacity and needed the credibility of a recognized security printer to gain public acceptance.
The federal naming convention — "Estados Unidos de Colombia" — was already living on borrowed time. The 1886 constitution abolished the federal structure entirely, renaming the country the Republic of Colombia and dissolving the bank itself shortly after.