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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Central |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed note in black on pink-rose underprint. Central vignette of a seated allegorical female figure with a cherub at her feet, flanked left by the denomination numeral and guilloche work; to the right, an oval portrait of a bearded male figure. Header reads REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA with BANCO CENTRAL and BOGOTÁ. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA BANCO CENTRAL BOGOTÁ CIEN PESOS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA ORO Ó SU EQUIVALENTE EN MONEDA LEGAL SERIE MUESTRA SPECIMEN |
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Banco Central is an unusual issuer name for 1907 — most Latin American countries operating under that designation did so decades later, following mid-century banking reforms. Exactly which national Banco Central this note belongs to should be confirmed against the full Pick catalog entry before attribution is finalized.
The American Bank Note Company printed extensively for Latin American clients throughout this period, often supplying complete note designs from their New York facilities rather than working from locally commissioned artwork. The engraved quality was generally high, and ABNC's security printing contracts gave smaller issuing institutions access to anti-counterfeiting standards they could not have produced domestically.