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5 Pesos Oro Acuñado
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Medellín |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a seated allegorical female figure, rendered in intaglio, flanked by two large guilloche rosettes with the numeral '5' at center. The upper border carries a dense text block in letterpress, with the institution title CASA DE MONEDA DE MEDELLÍN in bold across the upper field. The denomination CINCO PESOS ORO ACUÑADO appears in a cartouche along the lower register, with date line reading MEDELLÍN A QUINCE DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1919, three signature lines below, and the printer's imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on plain paper and is typographically dominated by a lengthy legal text in Spanish setting out the governing decrees. The heading REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA / DEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIA appears across the top, with DEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIA on a curved ribbon banner below. Large numeral '5' vignettes occupy the left and right margins, and the Colombian national arms medallion is centered at the foot of the text block, with the AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY imprint beneath. |
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The Casa de Moneda de Medellín was an unusual issuer in the Colombian monetary structure — a mint, not a bank, authorized to emit paper currency. This note dates from a period when Colombia was still rebuilding confidence in paper following the catastrophic depreciation of the peso papel moneda, which had driven the country to officially adopt the gold standard peso (peso oro acuñado) under the monetary reform of 1903. The denomination name itself is a direct political statement about backing.
American Bank Note Company produced the plates in New York, a standard arrangement for Colombian fiscal paper of the period. ABNC's work for Latin American issuers during this era was commercially routine on their end, whatever the political weight on the receiving side.