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20 000 Pesos New seal
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1999-2013 |
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| Currency | Peso decimalized (1847-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of astronomer and mathematician Julio Garavito Armero at right, rendered in intaglio, with his name captioned below. The upper left carries the issuer inscription BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA and the denomination VEINTE MIL PESOS in bold letterpress, with the place and date of issue below. A large dark circular vignette representing the Moon occupies the centre-left, accompanied by geometric guilloche underprints in blue and green tones, with the numeral 20000 in large colour-shifting print along the lower left margin and COLOMBIA inscribed at bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large intaglio vignette of the Earth as seen from space at centre-right, set against a complex multicolour guilloche background incorporating geometric and scientific motifs including spheres, cones, and a telecommunications tower. The lower centre bears a lunar surface landscape in ochre and brown tones, with a small circular medallion at lower left reproducing the Banco de la República seal. The denomination VEINTE MIL PESOS appears in intaglio along the lower margin, with the numeral 20.000 at upper left. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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