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5 Pesos

Issuer República de Colombia (Junta Nacional de Amortización)
Year 1904
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Currency Peso decimalized (1847-date)
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Obverse description Black on green underprint. The Colombian national arms appear as a vignette at left, with a central vignette of a church; the issuer's name arches across the top in a curved banner. Face value numerals occupy all four corners, with the denomination rendered in words above a central numeral, while the place and date of issue are inscribed along the lower margin.
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Reverse description Printed entirely in red. An oval portrait vignette of Camilo Torres Tenorio occupies the centre, framed by fine guilloche lacework, with large numeral '5' panels to either side. The issuer's name arches across the top in a curved banner, 'CINCO PESOS' is repeated in the four corners, and the printer's imprint of Waterlow & Sons, Londres appears along the lower margin.
Reverse lettering REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA
CINCO PESOS
5
CAMILO TORRES
SECRETARIO DE LA JUNTA NACIONAL DE AMORTIZACIÓN
Waterlow & Sons, Londres, Inglaterra
(Translation: Republic of Colombia
Five Pesos
Camilo Torres
Secretary of the National Amortization Board
Waterlow & Sons, London, England)
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