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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Tesorería General del Departamento de Santander |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Printer | Tipografía Mercantil de Bucaramanga |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on plain paper with a decorative border of repeated ornamental devices running along all four edges. A central vignette portrays a standing female allegorical figure holding a staff or implement, surrounded by light guilloche work. To the left, the text panel carries the issuing authority inscription and the promise-to-pay legend, while the denomination '5' appears in each corner alongside the repeated legend CINCO PESOS and the value ($5) in the top and bottom margins. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is typeset in black on plain paper, enclosed within a simple ornamental border of repeated typographic devices. The central text block carries the government acceptance clause declaring the note receivable as current money for taxes and contributions, and redeemable at the Tesorería General del Departamento in Banco Nacional notes within six months. The dateline reads Bucaramanga, 1° de Noviembre de 1899, followed by the title of the Tesorero General del Departamento and a manuscript signature, with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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The Tesorería General del Departamento de Santander issued this note during the opening phase of the Thousand Days' War — the devastating civil conflict between Colombian Liberal and Conservative factions that ran from 1899 to 1902. Santander was Liberal stronghold territory, and departmental treasuries across the country resorted to locally printed emergency emissions as the national monetary system fractured under the strain of war finance.
Printed by the Tipografía Mercantil in Bucaramanga — a commercial press, not a security printer — the note carries none of the engraved intaglio work associated with formal banknote production. Counterfeiting would have been straightforward.