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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia |
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| Year | 1900 |
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| Currency | Paper Peso (1872-1916) |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA VEINTE PESOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE BOGOTÁ, 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1900. (Translation: The National Bank of Republic of Colombia Pay to bearer at sight Twenty Pesos In currency Bogota, September 30, 1900.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown, with a central vignette enclosed within a circular guilloche medallion bearing the bank's full title, presenting a mountain trail scene with laden mules and their handlers. Ornate lathe-work ovals at left and right carry the numeral "20", while the word "VEINTE" is repeated in each corner of the note. The printer's imprint "Litografía Nacional" appears at the base of the central medallion. |
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The Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia had a troubled final chapter. The bank was liquidated by government decree in 1894 following years of accusations of over-issuance and political manipulation of the money supply, yet notes continued to circulate and be honored well into the following decade — which explains how a bank formally abolished six years earlier was still producing dated obligations in 1900.
Printing by the Litografía Nacional in Bogotá rather than a European security printer was a deliberate cost-cutting measure during a period of severe fiscal strain, one that contributed to the variable print quality seen across surviving examples of this series.