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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Colombiano |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and pink on white paper, with a central vignette of a standing female figure in classical armor within an ornate oval guilloche border. To the upper right, the arms of Guatemala appear alongside a vignette of cattle in a pastoral scene. The note bears the issuer's title 'EL BANCO COLOMBIANO' in bold letterpress, with denomination text 'CIEN PESOS' and the place of issue 'Guatemala' set within decorative typographic frames; a stub counterfoil with duplicate denomination and series fields is attached at left. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE GUATEMALA EL BANCO COLOMBIANO Pagará a la vista al portador la cantidad de CIEN PESOS en moneda corriente y efectiva Guatemala, de de 18 Serie VIª Nº $100 CIEN |
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Banco Colombiano was a private commercial bank based in Medellín, operating during the era of free banking in Colombia when the 1880 banking law permitted chartered institutions to issue their own currency. The American Bank Note Company produced notes for dozens of Latin American issuers during this period, and the Colombian private bank series represents some of the more obscure work in their catalog — fewer surviving examples exist compared to the government-issue contracts ABNC held simultaneously.
Private bank issues in Colombia were demonetized and withdrawn following the monetary centralization under the Banco de la República, established in 1923. Notes from Banco Colombiano that survived did so largely outside circulation, in collections or family hoards.