Catalog
100 Pesos La Junta de Conversión
| Issuer | Junta de Conversión, República de Colombia |
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| Year | 1910 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse lettering | LA REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA BILLETE POR VALOR DE 100 CIEN PESOS AMORTIZABLE CONFORME Á LAS LEYES BOGOTÁ, AGOSTO DE 1910 (Translation: The Republic of Colombia Banknote worth of One Hundred Pesos Amortizable according to the Laws Bogota, August 1910) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA 100 DE COLOMBIA JEFE DE LA OFICINA DE CAJA DE LA JUNTA DE CONVERSIÓN AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK (Translation: Republic of Colombia Head of the Cash Office of the Conversion Board American Bank Note Company, New York) |
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The Junta de Conversión was created specifically to manage Colombia's transition away from the catastrophic paper peso inflation that followed the Thousand Days War (1899–1902), during which the government had printed currency so aggressively that exchange rates against gold reached into the tens of thousands to one. This note is part of that stabilization effort — issued under Law 59 of 1905, which established the Junta and authorized a new emission backed by customs revenues.
ABNC printed the series to a high standard, as was contractual routine for Colombian government issues of the period. The Junta was dissolved in 1923 when the Banco de la República was established, ending this issuing authority permanently.