Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Bogotá |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE BOGOTÁ Pagará al portador a la vista Cinco Pesos BOGOTÁ CINCO PESOS SERIE DIRECTOR GERENTE DIRECTOR SEGUNDO DIRECTOR TERCERO Compañia Colombiana de Billetes de Banco WASHINGTON D.C. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA |
| Reverse description | Uniface back printed in blue. A large central shield-shaped guilloche cartouche bears the bold numeral '5', flanked by ornate scrollwork. 'EL BANCO DE BOGOTÁ' is set across the upper field in large serif lettering, with 'CINCO' and 'PESOS' flanking the central cartouche. The entire design is enclosed within a fine engine-turned lace border. Imprint of Colombian Bank Note Co., Washington D.C. appears at lower right. |
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The Colombian Bank Note Company was a short-lived Washington-based security printer active in the late nineteenth century, operating in a market dominated by the American Bank Note Company. Banco de Bogotá, founded in 1870 as Colombia's first private commercial bank, turned to this smaller firm for at least part of its early note production — an unusual choice that may reflect competitive pricing or a prior commercial relationship rather than any dissatisfaction with the established houses.
Colombia's private banking period of the 1870s and 1880s was unusually permissive by regional standards, with individual banks issuing their own circulating notes under minimal federal oversight until the 1886 constitution began consolidating monetary authority.