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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Pamplona |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S712 |
| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on pale paper with a central oval vignette of a female allegorical figure in three-quarter portrait facing left, set within an ornate guilloche frame at upper centre. The bank title EL BANCO DE PAMPLONA is inscribed in bold letterpress across the middle, below which the denomination CINCO PESOS appears in script and block lettering, with symmetrical numeral-5 medallions at each upper corner. The note bears the date and place of issue handwritten as Pamplona, Marzo 4/2 1884, with three manuscript signature lines for El Director Gerente, El 2° Director, and El 3° Director, and a series designation Serie B with serial number at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE PAMPLONA pagará al portador á la vista CINCO PESOS CINCO 5 PESOS Serie B. Nº 4294 Pamplona Mayo 4/2 1884 El Director Gerente El 2° Director El 3° Director |
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Banco de Pamplona was one of Colombia's regional private banks authorized under the banking legislation of 1880, which briefly opened the field to provincial institutions before the national government moved to consolidate monetary authority. The bank operated out of Norte de Santander — a department better known for cacao and coffee commerce than for banking infrastructure — and its note issues were correspondingly modest in circulation geography.
Bradbury, Wilkinson's involvement is the technically interesting element here. Their engraved work for South American regional issuers in this period was generally of higher quality than the notes themselves ever demanded, given the limited circulation zones involved.