Violet color note with left side portrait of Francisco Jose de Caldas, inside an oval over which lies a full-body allegorical figure. Main lettering is on the middle, serial number in red color, over a background image of a plane flying over a river, with vegetation and palm trees on the closer shore and mountains on the other. A right facing portrait of Lady Liberty is inside a circle, on the right side of the note.
Reverse description
Violet color image of the central bank building in Barranquilla, with text above and below and large numbers 20 on the sides.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
EL
BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR
VEINTE PESOS
ORO
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
1° DE ENERO DE 1953 (Translation: The central bank of Colombia will pay the bearer of this note ten gold pesos Bogota, Colombia -date of issue-)
Reverse lettering
BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA
EDIFICIO DEL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA EN BARRANQUILLA
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA