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| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by the bold letterpress inscription BANCO DE BOGOTA across the upper portion, with the denomination DOS PESOS in a central panel framed by an ornate guilloche border. Numeral 2 counters appear at each corner and along the lower margin, while serial number and series designations are printed in the upper left and right. A handwritten promise-to-pay text in Spanish runs across the middle field, with signature lines for El Director and El Director Gerente below, accompanied by a red circular official seal at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE BOGOTA DOS PESOS Serie Núm. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a pale green tone with a sparse guilloche underprint. A central rectangular panel carries a multi-line Spanish text stating that this note circulates provisionally as a Banco Nacional note in accordance with a decree dated Bogotá, October 1899. Below the text panel appear three handwritten signatures, with the designation MINISTRO DEL TESORO printed above the uppermost signature and MIEMBROS DE LA JUNTA DE EMISIÓN printed beneath the lower two. |
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