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5 Pesos

Issuer Banco Unión, Cartagena
Year 1888
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse lettering EL BANCO UNIÓN
Cartagena
Pagará al portador á la vista en su oficina la suma de
CINCO PESOS
en moneda legal y corriente
EL DIRECTOR
EL GERENTE
EL TESORERO
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Reverse description The reverse is dominated by a dense guilloche border of interlocking vine and rosette ornaments surrounding a central text panel. The panel carries a handwritten or typeset declaration of forced currency status within the Departamento, with a circular official seal affixed at the lower right. A manuscript date and authorizing signatures appear below the text, with the denomination numeral rendered in the lower margin.
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Variants a. Issued note. Rare.
b. Overprint: 10.2.1900 on back like #S866a. 125. 300.
c. Vertical red overprint: 10.2.1900 at left on back. 125. 300. — 1.1.1851. Black. Ship at left, eagle at center, Indian paddling canoe at upper.
p. Proof. — Unc 600. right. Rare.
s. Specimen.
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