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50 000 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Vertical format reverse centred on an intaglio vignette of "El Paraíso" farm, the setting of Isaacs's novel María. A passage from the novel is printed in the field; the bank seal appears at lower left, with the face value in letters at the bottom. Horizontal elements include the face value in numerals and letters at the upper right. |
| Reverse lettering | Una tarde, tarde como las de mi país, engalanada con nubes de color violeta y lampos de oro pálido, bella como María, bella y transitoria como fue ésta para mi, ella, mi hermana y yo, sentados sobre la ancha piedra de la pendiente, desde donde veíamos a la derecha en la hon- da vega rodar las corrientes bulliciosas del río, y tenien- do a nuestros pies el valle majestuoso y callado, leía yo el episodio de Atala, y las dos, admirables en su inmovilidad y abandono... BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA • COLOMBIA • CINCUENTA MIL PESOS 50 MIL PESOS SANTA FE DE BOGOTA (Translation: An afternoon, afternoon like those in my country, adorned with clouds of violet color and lightinings of pale gold, beautiful like Maria, beautiful and transitory as she was for me, she, my sister and I, sitting on the broad stone of the slope, from where we saw to the right in the deep vega roll the bustling currents of the river, and having at our feet the majestic and quiet valley, I read the episode of Atala, and both, admirable in their immobility and abandonment... Bank of the Republic - Colombia 50 thousand Pesos Santa Fe de Bogotá) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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