Catalog
2 Pesos Oro Legal
| Issuer | Banco de Caldas |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in deep blue on a light ground, with an intricate guilloche pattern filling the background field. Large ornamental numerals 2 occupy the left and right panels, flanking a central text block headed CONDICIONES that sets out the bond terms of the Sección Hipotecaria. The bank name BANCO DE CALDAS is arranged in two arched lines above and below the central cartouche, and the American Bank Note Company imprint appears at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE CALDAS CONDICIONES 1º EL CAPITAL Y LA RENTA DE ESTAS CÉDULAS ESTÁN GARANTIZADOS POR LOS CRÉDITOS ACTIVOS DE LA SECCIÓN HIPOTECARIA Y POR EL CAPITAL DEL BANCO. 2º EL CAPITAL DE ESTA CÉDULA SE PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR AL VENCIMIENTO. 3º LOS INTERESES SERÁN EXIGIBLES EL 31 DE JULIO DE CADA AÑO. SECCIÓN HIPOTECARIA. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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Banco de Caldas was a regional departmental bank operating out of Manizales, and by 1919 its days were numbered. Colombia's 1923 Kemmerer Mission reforms — which restructured the entire banking system and established the Banco de la República — effectively ended the era of departmental and private note-issuing banks. Notes from Caldas printed in this final period saw limited issue windows before redemption obligations began.
The American Bank Note Company contract for this series was typical of Colombian regional banks seeking prestige printing at a time when domestic security printing infrastructure barely existed. ABNC's Colombian departmental work from this period is well documented, though print run figures for Caldas specifically have not surfaced in published records.