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20 Pesos Oro Acuñado
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Medellín |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Reference(s) | P#1029 |
| Obverse description | The centre of the note is occupied by an intaglio vignette of a seated classical female allegory, draped in flowing robes and holding a cornucopia, set against a lightly ruled background. Symmetrical guilloche rosettes printed in red and blue flank the central vignette on either side, each bearing the numeral '20' at the centre. The issuing authority 'CASA DE MONEDA DE MEDELLÍN' is inscribed in large bold letterpress across the upper portion of the note, with a certificate-of-deposit legend above and the denomination 'VEINTE PESOS / ORO ACUÑADO' in a bold banner along the lower centre, with three signature lines below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in dark blue and carries the heading 'REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA / DEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIA' at the top. The field is filled with a lengthy bilingual legal text citing relevant decrees governing the redemption and acceptance of these gold-consignment certificates, flanked on both sides by three large guilloche rosettes each bearing the numeral '20'. The imprint 'AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY' appears at the foot of the note. |
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The Casa de Moneda de Medellín was one of Colombia's regional mints, and its decision to issue paper currency denominated in "pesos oro acuñado" — coined gold pesos — reflects a transitional moment in Colombian monetary practice, when the nominal peg to metallic value was still being used to establish credibility in paper instruments. The ABNC contract for this note placed it among a cohort of Latin American issues printed in New York during the same period, many sharing plate formats and border stock.
Pick 1029 is scarce. The Medellín mint's paper currency output was limited in both volume and duration, and surviving examples rarely appear at auction.