Catalog
100 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos Oro |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR CIEN PESOS ORO GERENTE SECRETARIO SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ, 7 DE AGOSTO DE 1991 COLOMBIA 100 |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA VILLA DE LEYVA (BOYACÁ) CIEN PESOS ORO IMPRENTA DE BILLETES - SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ 100 |
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Colombia's Banco de la República brought its banknote printing fully in-house during the 1970s and 1980s, and by 1991 the IBBR operation in Bogotá was handling the entire domestic series without foreign contractor involvement — a relatively rare position for a Latin American central bank at the time. This 100 Pesos Oro note was issued in the final years of the denomination's practical usefulness; hyperinflationary pressure through the late 1980s had so eroded purchasing power that the 100-peso note was functionally obsolete within a few years of printing.
The peso oro designation was formally retired when Colombia redenominated and introduced the peso in 1993.