Catalog
3 Pesos
| Issuer | República de Colombia |
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| Year | 182x |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Colombian coat of arms with palm trees, fasces, and cornucopia, surmounted by the word BOLIVAR in an oval cartouche. The denomination TRES PESOS appears in letterpress at left and right vertical panels, with the legend REPUBLICA de COLOMBIA across the upper register. Lower text reads A su presentacion la Cantidad de TRES PESOS. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA de COLOMBIA BOLIVAR A Su presentacion la Cantidad de TRES PESOS. Nº TRES PESOS. |
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Colombia's earliest paper issues emerged from desperate fiscal conditions during and immediately after the independence wars. The "182x" dating indicates the exact year of issue is unresolved — the printed date field is either partially illegible on surviving examples or was left incomplete at signing, a not uncommon practice among the newly formed republic's treasury operations.
Pick 7 is among the rarest of the early Colombian issues. The republic's infrastructure for note redemption barely existed, and public resistance to paper money in a silver-accustomed economy meant many notes were rejected outright rather than circulated.