Catalog
5 Pesos 2nd. issue
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse consists of dense guilloche lathe-work arranged in decorative panels across the full surface, with numeral "5" counter medallions at each corner. A circular seal in red appears at center, and the printer's imprint "SEGUNDA EDICION. LITOGRAFÍA NACIONAL" is placed along the lower right margin. |
| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA EL CAJERO SEGUNDA EDICION. LITOGRAFÍA NACIONAL (Translation: The National Bank of Republic of Colombia The Cashier Second Edition. National Lithography) |
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The second issue of this denomination came at a catastrophic moment. Colombia's Thousand Days War broke out in October 1899, and the Banco Nacional — already under strain from years of forced emissions used to paper over government deficits — was printing notes that a large portion of the population had little reason to trust. The bank was formally liquidated in 1904, partly as a consequence of the monetary chaos this period accelerated.
Printing by Litografía Nacional kept production domestic, which mattered when wartime disruption made foreign contracting impractical. The quality reflects those constraints.