Catalog
100 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1973-1974 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Capitolio Nacional in Bogotá, rendered in fine engraved detail with its neoclassical colonnaded façade across the full width of the note. An oval guilloche medallion at upper centre carries a classical allegorical female portrait encircled by the bank name legend, while denomination numerals "100" appear in the upper right and lower left guilloche panels. The printer's imprint of Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited appears in the lower right margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Banco de la República's relationship with Thomas De La Rue stretched across decades, and this 100 Pesos Oro issue from the early 1970s falls squarely within a period when Colombia was leaning heavily on the London printer for its higher-denomination notes while managing domestic inflationary pressure. The 100 Pesos denomination carried real purchasing weight in 1973 Colombia — roughly equivalent to a day's skilled labor wage in urban centers — which made the choice of De La Rue's security printing entirely practical rather than ceremonial.
Pick 415 is not a scarce note in circulated grades, but genuinely uncirculated examples show the characteristic sharp intaglio registration that De La Rue maintained through this period.