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50 000 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Peso decimalized (1847-date) |
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| Obverse description | Vertical format note with a central intaglio vignette of writer Jorge Isaacs; above him appears a vignette of María, the heroine of his celebrated novel. The country name "COLOMBIA" is inscribed at the top, with the issuer name "BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA" at the bottom; signatures, place of issue, and date appear at centre left. The face value is rendered in numerals and letters at the upper left, with two serial numbers printed in green at upper centre-left and in red at lower right. |
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| 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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Colombia's central bank has printed its own notes at the Imprenta de Billetes in Bogotá since the facility opened in 1959, one of the earlier intaglio-capable security printers established in Latin America under domestic ownership. By 2000, the 50,000 peso denomination was the highest value in circulation, a direct consequence of cumulative inflation through the 1990s that had rendered smaller notes nearly worthless for everyday transactions.
The watermark is the sole listed security feature — relatively sparse for a high-denomination note at this date, when many regional issuers were already incorporating security threads and color-shifting inks.