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1000 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1982-1993 |
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| Value | 1000 Pesos (1000 COP) |
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| Obverse description | At left, an intaglio portrait vignette of Simón Bolívar faces right within a fine-line guilloche border frame. The central field carries the bank title and denomination legends in serif letterpress, with the value numeral '1000' repeated in the lower corners. A designated watermark window is visible at right. |
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| Reverse description | The central and right portions of the reverse are occupied by an intaglio vignette of the monument at Pantano de Vargas, commemorating the 1819 battle for independence, rendered in fine engraved detail. The left field provides an unprinted watermark window. Denomination text and the commemorative inscription are set in letterpress above and below the central vignette. |
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The 1000 Pesos Oro ran for over a decade under P#424, spanning a period when Colombia's central bank was under extraordinary pressure from narco-dollar inflows that made routine monetary management almost meaningless. The denomination itself was being eroded steadily by inflation — by 1993, 1000 pesos bought a fraction of what it had in 1982, which partly explains why the series was eventually superseded by higher denominations printed in much larger volumes.
Production was split between De La Rue in London and the Banco de la República's own Imprenta de Billetes in Bogotá, so plate consistency across the run is worth examining closely before attributing a specific example to either source.