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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Currency | Peso (1871-1907) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and composed entirely of intricate lathe-work guilloche patterns and repetitive geometric engine-turned designs filling the entire field. A central panel carries the text 'EL BANCO NACIONAL DE LA REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA' above a manuscript signature, and a red circular 'BANCO NACIONAL' ink stamp is applied at centre-left. The numeral '5' appears in plain cartouches at right and left, with 'CINCO PESOS' inscribed along the lower left border, and the imprint 'SEGUNDA EDICIÓN - LITOGRAFÍA' visible along the lower right margin. |
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| Protection description | Red circular ink stamp of the Banco Nacional applied to the reverse |
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| Comments |
The Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia had a troubled existence — the Colombian government dissolved it in 1894 following allegations of over-issuance, yet notes continued to circulate under its name well into the following decade as the country lurched through the Thousand Days War. This 1899 date places the note squarely at the onset of that conflict, one of Latin America's most destructive civil wars, during which paper money multiplied uncontrollably and public confidence in it collapsed almost entirely.
Local printing in Bogotá, combined with an ink stamp as the primary security feature, reflects how compromised Colombia's monetary infrastructure had become by this period.