Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Estado Soberano de Cundinamarca |
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| Year | 1884 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the arms of the Estados Unidos de Colombia at upper left, beside a central vignette of a steam locomotive in motion rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The numeral '5' appears in guilloche rosettes at the right and in corner counters. The heading 'BILLETE DEL ESTADO' runs across the top, with the issuing authority 'EL ESTADO DE CUNDINAMARCA' in bold letterpress below the vignette. A text clause at the foot declares the note's obligatory acceptance at 50% of all state contributions, with place and date line reading 'Bogotá' and the year 1884, followed by three manuscript signatures for El Procurador del Estado, El Secretario de Hacienda, and El Administrador General de Hacienda. |
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| Obverse lettering | BILLETE DEL ESTADO EL ESTADO DE CUNDINAMARCA reconoce a favor del portador la suma de CINCO PESOS Este billete es de forzosa admisión en el pago del 50% de todas las contribuciones del Estado, con excepción de las de vías de comunicación. Bogotá EL PROCURADOR DEL ESTADO EL SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA EL ADMINISTRADOR GENERAL DE HACIENDA CINCO PESOS Serie B |
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The Estado Soberano de Cundinamarca — the sovereign state of Cundinamarca, not the central Colombian government — issued its own currency under the federalist structure of the Rionegro Constitution of 1863, which granted the nine states broad fiscal autonomy. That arrangement collapsed in 1886 when Rafael Núñez pushed through a centralizing constitution, abolishing the sovereign states entirely. Notes issued in 1884 fall right at the end of that federal experiment, making them among the last produced under Cundinamarca's independent monetary authority.
Local Bogotá printing rather than a foreign security printer is consistent with the series — and accounts for the relatively modest engraving quality documented across P#S177 survivors.