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10 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1926-1928 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Antonio Nariño in an oval intaglio vignette at right, rendered in a fine engraved style. The centre bears the denomination "DIEZ PESOS ORO" within an ornate guilloche band, with serial numbers printed in red at upper left and right and series letter below. Date and place of issue appear at lower centre, with Gerente and Secretario signature lines beneath. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette of Liberty in profile bust, facing left and wearing a laurel wreath, set within an elaborate guilloche frame. The denomination numeral "10" appears in large counters at left and right within ornate lathe-work panels. The overall design is printed in green intaglio with fine engine-turned underprint patterns throughout. |
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Colombia's Banco de la República was still in its infancy when this note was produced — the bank had only been established in 1923, created in direct response to the recommendations of the Kemmerer Mission, an American economic advisory team that restructured the country's monetary system after years of fiscal disorder left over from the Thousand Days War and its inflationary aftermath.
The American Bank Note Company's involvement was a deliberate political signal as much as a practical choice — ABNC's engraved work was considered a mark of institutional seriousness in Latin American markets at the time, and the newly founded bank needed credibility quickly.