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20 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At centre-left, an oval intaglio vignette contains a bust portrait of Francisco José de Caldas, identified by the label 'CALDAS' below, set against fine guilloche underprint work; a classical allegorical female figure occupies the upper-left corner, with the denomination numeral '20' rendered in ornate letterpress at both upper corners. The issuing authority title runs across the top, while the date '20 de Julio de 1927' and dual signature lines for El Gerente and El Secretario appear beneath the central portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA EDIFICIO DEL BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA EN BARRANQUILLA BOGOTA, COLOMBIA VEINTE PESOS ORO EL CAJERO (Translation: Bank of the Republic / Building of the Bank of the Republic in Barranquilla / Bogota, Colombia / Twenty Pesos Oro / The Cashier) |
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Colombia's Banco de la República was only five years old when this note was issued — established in 1923 under the recommendations of the Kemmerer Mission, an American economic advisory team brought in to modernize the country's monetary framework after decades of catastrophic inflationary episodes tied to earlier state-issued paper. The choice of Thomas De La Rue for printing reflected a deliberate policy of anchoring credibility through association with a printer whose name carried weight in international financial circles.
The "Oro" designation was not decorative — it signified convertibility into gold at a fixed rate, a commitment the bank maintained until the Depression-era pressures of the early 1930s forced suspension of the gold standard across most of Latin America.