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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Barranquilla |
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| Year | 1900 |
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| Currency | Peso (1837-1907) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE BARRANQUILLA 100 Serie A No. Barranquilla, 5 de Marzo de 1900 Pagará al portador á la vista en su oficina la suma de CIEN PESOS en moneda legal y corriente. EL PRESIDENTE DEL BANCO EL DIRECTOR EL ADMINISTRADOR |
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| Protection type | Guilloche underprint |
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Banco de Barranquilla was one of several private Colombian regional banks empowered to issue currency under the 1880 banking legislation — a deliberate decentralization pushed through after years of monetary instability under centralized republican control. The bank itself was closely tied to Barranquilla's role as Colombia's primary Caribbean port, and its notes circulated heavily in the import-export trade moving through that corridor.
By 1900, Colombia was deep in the War of a Thousand Days, the civil conflict that would eventually end private bank issuance entirely. Notes from this period often show heavy circulation wear precisely because the war disrupted normal banking rhythms and redemption became unreliable.