Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Cipaquirá |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE A. El Banco de Cipaquirá Cipaquirá, 16 de agosto de 1882 pagará al portador á la vista en moneda corriente CINCO PESOS CINCO • CINCO • CINCO • CINCO • CINCO • CINCO • CINCO • CINCO • CINCO LIT. D. PAREDES, BOGOTA |
| Reverse description | Pale blue letterpress design with an ornate floral and geometric border incorporating corner medallions. "Banco de Cipaquirá" in large Gothic script across the centre, with a manuscript cashier signature on a ruled line beneath. Printer's imprint at lower centre. |
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Banco de Cipaquirá was one of Colombia's short-lived private banks chartered under the 1880 banking law, which briefly opened the door to regional note-issuing institutions before the government reversed course. The bank operated out of Cipaquirá — a salt-mining town north of Bogotá whose economic weight exceeded its size — and its notes circulated primarily within that narrow commercial orbit.
Lit. D. Paredes was a Bogotá lithographer responsible for printing several provincial bank issues of this period, working at a technical remove from the European security printers used by wealthier institutions. The result is a note whose printing quality reflects local means.