Catalogus
| Uitgever | Banco Hipotecario |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1881 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | BANCO HIPOTECARIO Bogotá 1º de Octubre de 1881 SERIE V Pagadal portador CIEN PESOS a la vista en moneda corriente EL GERENTE EL PRESIDENTE DEL CONSEJO No. |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | EL BANCO HIPOTECARIO 100 EL CAJERO |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banco Hipotecario was a mortgage bank, not a central or commercial bank, and its circulating notes were backed by real estate liens rather than specie reserves — an arrangement that made them structurally different from most Latin American paper currency of the period and considerably more vulnerable during property market contractions. Argentina's 1880s saw a wave of such institution-backed emissions, many of which ended badly when the Baring Crisis of 1890 collapsed the property and credit markets simultaneously.
The American Bank Note Company held a near-monopoly on high-quality security printing for South American issuers at this date. Whether this particular emission ever circulated widely is unclear; Banco Hipotecario notes from this series are genuinely scarce in any condition.