Catalog
25 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | At left, a circular vignette contains a dog's head in profile facing right, set within an ornate frame. To the right, a bust of a helmeted female allegorical figure holding a sword is rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The composition is framed by elaborate guilloche borders with denomination numerals at the corners and text in letterpress above and below the central design. |
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| Obverse lettering | el BANCO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA 25 VEINTICINCO PESOS Bogota, Marzo 4 de 1895. FRANKLIN-LEE BANK NOTE CO. N. Y. |
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The Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia was a state-controlled institution created in 1881 under the Núñez administration to give the national government direct control over currency emission — a move that provoked sustained opposition from private banks and Liberal political factions alike. By 1895 the bank was issuing notes under conditions of chronic fiscal stress, with successive administrations drawing on its printing privileges to cover deficits rather than maintain any credible metallic backing.
Franklin-Lee Bank Note Company, a smaller New York firm working in the shadow of the dominant American Bank Note Company, handled this series. Their contracts with Latin American clients during the 1890s were often picked up precisely when larger printers were occupied or expensive.