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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia |
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| Year | 1886 |
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| Currency | Peso decimalized (1847-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio-printed note with an allegorical vignette of Justice at upper left and the Colombian Arms at lower right, set within an intricate guilloche border. The face carries the bank title and denomination in bold letterpress, dated Bogotá, September 1st, 1886. Serial number printed in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA Pagará al portador á la vista CINCUENTA CENTAVOS BOGOTÁ, SEPTIEMBRE 1º DE 1886. (Translation: The National Bank of the Republic of Colombia Pay to bearer at sight Fifty Cents Bogota, September 1st., 1886.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in green, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche underprint with a large central cartouche enclosing ornate lathe-work, over which a red circular bank seal is applied at centre. Denomination numerals "50" appear at upper left and right flanking a script "L", with the bank title and value inscribed across the upper portion. The printer's imprint of the Homer Lee Bank Note Company appears at the lower centre. |
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