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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de los Estados Unidos de Colombia |
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| Year | 1885 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black on orange underprint. Left vignette of a seated allegorical female figure with raised arm and cannon, flanked by the denomination numeral 100. Central text panel with the issuer's name above the value inscription CIEN PESOS en moneda corriente. Colombian coat of arms at upper centre, series and serial number at top right. |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco Nacional de los Estados Unidos de Colombia Serie F. No. 01.422 pagará al portador a la vista CIEN PESOS en moneda corriente Bogotá EL DIRECTOR 1º DIRECTOR GERENTE EL DIRECTOR 2º Lit. de B. Paredes Bogotá |
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The Banco Nacional de los Estados Unidos de Colombia was established in 1880 under the Núñez administration, which used it as a vehicle for forced paper money — notes declared legal tender by decree despite having no meaningful specie backing. By 1885, the year of this note's issue, the country was mid-civil war (the War of 1885), and the bank was printing heavily to finance the government's military campaign against the Liberal federalists. The result was rapid depreciation and public resistance in the provinces.
Printed locally by Litografía de B. Paredes rather than sent abroad to a European security printer, the production quality reflects the constraints of wartime Bogotá.