Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
|---|---|
| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | El Banco de la República Pagará al Portador Dos Pesos Oro (Translation: The Bank of the Republic will Pay to the Bearer Two Pesos Oro) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | El Banco de la República Bogotá Colombia Dos Pesos Oro (Translation: The Bank of the Republic Bogotá Colombia Two Pesos Oro) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Colombia's Banco de la República was established in July 1923, directly from the recommendations of the Kemmerer Mission — a U.S. financial advisory team brought in to restructure the country's monetary system after decades of chronic instability and the inflationary chaos left by the civil wars of the early twentieth century. This 2 Pesos Oro note is among the earliest issues the bank produced, printed by the American Bank Note Company almost immediately following the bank's founding.
The "Oro" designation was not decorative — it committed the note to a gold-convertibility standard, the cornerstone of Kemmerer's reform package.