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20 Centavos
| Issuer | Departamento de Antioquia |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in black on plain paper within a simple rectangular ornamental border. The denomination '20 CENTAVOS' is set in large bold type across the top, flanked by numeral '20' on each side. The body carries a multi-line text declaration in Spanish stating the obligation of the Departamento de Antioquia, redeemable through revenue of the next four-year period, followed by the place and date of issue 'Medellín, Enero de 1901', a serial number, and a signature line for the Secretary of Finance and the Under-Secretary. The lower margin bears the series designation 'SERIE X' at left and the printer imprint 'Imprenta Oficial – Medellín' at right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this note is not visible; it appears to be unprinted or blank, consistent with many emergency and departmental issues of the period. |
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Antioquia's departmental government began issuing its own fractional paper currency during the Thousand Days' War (1899–1902), one of the most destructive civil conflicts in Colombian history. The national monetary system had effectively collapsed under wartime inflation and Bogotá's unchecked emission of paper pesos, forcing regional authorities to fill the gap with locally printed scrip.
The Imprenta Oficial in Medellín was a government printing house, not a specialist security printer. Notes produced there lack the intaglio work or anti-counterfeiting sophistication of contemporary European-printed Colombian issues, and forgeries circulated alongside genuine examples during the period.