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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco del Departamento de Bolívar |
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| Year | 1888 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE BOLIVAR Pagará al portador, á la vista, Cinco Pesos en moneda corriente. CARTAGENA, MARZO 12 de 1888. |
| Reverse description | Predominantly blue-green intaglio print with intricate guilloche patterns filling the field. 'CINCO PESOS' lettered across the top and bottom registers in large serif type, with 'CINCO' and 'PESOS' repeated in corner cartouches. A central blank panel reserved for the cashier's signature, surrounded by symmetrical lathe-work ornaments. |
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Banco del Departamento de Bolívar was one of several Colombian regional banks authorized under the 1880 banking law, which allowed departmental governments to issue their own currency — a decentralized arrangement that persisted until the Banco de la República absorbed the privilege in 1923. Hamilton Bank Note Company printed for dozens of Latin American clients during this period, and their work for the Colombian regional banks is well-documented, though the Bolívar issues are among the less frequently encountered.
The 1888 date places this note in the middle of Colombia's chronic fiscal turbulence leading toward the Thousand Days War of 1899–1902, during which most surviving departmental paper became worthless almost overnight.