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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de los Estados Unidos de Colombia |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Value | 20 Pesos (20 COP) |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO BOGOTÁ, 1º DE MARZO DE 1881. NACIONAL DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE COLOMBIA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA Veinte Pesos en Moneda Corriente. American Bank Note Co. New York (Translation: Bogota, March 1st., 1881. The National Bank of The United States of Colombia Pay to Bearer at sight Twenty Pesos in currency.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the reverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche border framing two large denomination numeral "20" medallions at left and right, each set within a lace-like rosette. The issuing bank name is inscribed in two lines across the central panel, above and below a signature panel bearing the rubric of the Cajero (cashier), with the printer's imprint "American Bank Note Company, New York" at the lower margin. |
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The Banco Nacional de los Estados Unidos de Colombia was a short-lived institution — created by the federal government in 1880 to assert central control over a monetary system that had been fragmented among regional state banks and private concessionaires. This 20 Pesos note from 1881 belongs to the bank's earliest emission, printed by ABNC in New York before the political climate in Bogotá had fully resolved who, legally, had authority to issue paper currency at the national level.
The federal structure dissolved entirely with the 1886 constitution, which abolished the United States of Colombia and reconstituted the country as the Republic of Colombia. Notes from this issuer did not survive long in circulation after that transition.