Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Rio Hacha |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE RIO HACHA Pagará en su oficina a la vista al portador la suma de CINCO PESOS en moneda corriente Rio Hacha, 1° de Enero de 1883 EL MIEMBRO DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA EL GERENTE CINCO |
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| Reverse lettering | EL CAJERO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK |
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Banco de Rio Hacha operated out of the Colombian coastal city of the same name, a port with deep roots in the contraband pearl and dyewood trades — by the 1880s a banking backwater issuing currency in a region where commercial activity was modest at best. The American Bank Note Company's involvement is unsurprising; ABNC held a near-monopoly on Latin American banknote contracts during this period, and Colombian provincial banks routinely turned to New York for engraved work they could not source domestically.
The S-prefix Pick reference places this firmly in the Colombian specialized catalog. Surviving examples are rare — provincial Colombian issues of this era had short active lives and low print runs.