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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Ossa y Compañia |
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| Value | 20 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in orange and black intaglio on cream paper. A central vignette presents a steamship at sea, flanked on the left by an oval portrait of a young woman in classical dress and on the right by an oval portrait of a suited gentleman. The denomination 'VEINTE' appears in large letters at the upper left and upper right corners, with 'XX' panels at the lower corners, and the issuer inscription 'BANCO DE OSSA Y COMPAÑIA' in bold letterpress across the centre above the text 'Vale al portador a la vista por VEINTE PESOS MONEDA CORRIENTE', with Santiago, Chile and a manuscript date below. |
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| Obverse lettering | VEINTE BANCO DE OSSA Y COMPAÑIA Vale al portador a la vista por VEINTE PESOS MONEDA CORRIENTE Santiago, Chile XX Compañia Americana de Billetes de Banco Nueva York |
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Banco de Ossa y Compañía was one of a cluster of private Colombian banks granted note-issuing privileges under the 1865 banking legislation, before the state moved to consolidate currency control in the 1880s. The American Bank Note Company supplied most of these Colombian private banks during this period — the same plates and vignette elements frequently migrated between commissions, with the issuing bank's name essentially the only thing distinguishing one institution's notes from another's.
Ossa's operation was based in Bogotá. The bank did not survive the currency reforms that followed Colombia's 1886 constitutional centralization.