Catalogus
| Uitgever | Banco del Departamento de Bolívar |
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| Jaar | 1888 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central vignette of a riverside industrial landscape with buildings and smokestacks, flanked by numeral '5' in ornate panels on each side. Serial number appears at upper left and right. Issuer title in bold letterpress across the middle register, with denomination and place of issue inscribed below. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | EL BANCO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE BOLIVAR Pagará al portador, á la vista, Cinco Pesos en moneda corriente. CARTAGENA, MARZO 12 de 1888. |
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| Opmerkingen |
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.