Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia |
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| Year | 1888-1895 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Elaborate dark brown guilloche framework fills the entire reverse, with intricate lathe-work rosette patterns in each corner and along the borders surrounding a central oval medallion bearing the bank title in bold serif lettering. A circular red bank seal is applied at center, and two manuscript signatures appear at left within the decorative panel. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL de la República de Colombia (Translation: National Bank of the Republic of Colombia) |
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The Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia was a state bank established in 1880 under the Rionegro Constitution's revision — the Regeneration government's deliberate move to centralize monetary control away from the private banks that had dominated Colombian finance through the 1870s. ABNC held the printing contract through this entire transitional period, producing notes under consistent plate designs across multiple denominations while the political ground kept shifting in Bogotá.
The seven-year date range on this issue reflects reorder cycles rather than a single print run. ABNC typically delivered notes in batches, with serial ranges and sometimes minor typographic adjustments between deliveries — something worth checking when comparing examples across the span.