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20 Pesos Overprint
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse lettering | Casa de Moneda de Medellin Veinte Pesos Certificado de Oro Medellin a Quince de Septiembre de 1919 El Tesorero El Subsecretario de Hacienda El Administrador de la Casa de Moneda |
| Reverse description | The reverse retains the blue-printed text of the original Departamento de Antioquia obligation under the heading REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA / DEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIA, with a small arms vignette at the lower centre. A bold diagonal letterpress overprint reading BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA / BILLETE PROVISIONAL is applied across the note, formally converting the departmental certificate into a provisional banknote of the newly established central bank. |
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Colombia's Banco de la República was established in July 1923, replacing a chaotic system of private bank issuance that had contributed to repeated currency crises. This note belongs to the transitional overprint series produced as the new institution rushed to get paper into circulation before purpose-designed notes were ready — existing stock was overprinted with the new bank's authority rather than waiting for fresh plates.
The ABNC's involvement was a practical continuity: they had printed for Colombian institutions before and held the necessary plates.