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Black intaglio on green underprint, with the Colombian national arms as a vignette at left, a cherub vignette at centre, and a portrait of Simón Bolívar at right. The composition is framed by intricate guilloche borders characteristic of late 19th-century American Bank Note Company production. Inscriptions identify the issuing institution and denomination, with a manuscript date below the central design. |
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| Descripción del reverso |
Printed entirely in red, with an elaborate radiating guilloche surrounding the large central numeral "100", flanked by matching guilloche panels bearing the value numeral at left and right. A circular bank seal is superimposed over the central numeral, with intricate lathe-work corner ornaments completing the geometric design. The printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company, New York, appears at the foot of the note. |
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The Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia had a troubled existence — Congress repeatedly debated abolishing it, and the bank's note-issuing authority was genuinely contested throughout the 1880s and into the 1890s. This denomination sat at the top of the everyday circulation range, making it a significant instrument during a period when Colombian monetary policy was being pulled between federalist holdovers and centralizing reformers.
ABNC's involvement ensured consistent intaglio quality, and the New York plates were used across multiple Colombian issuers of the period — a practical arrangement that occasionally creates attribution confusion when notes lack clear overprints or serial prefixes.