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| Uitgever | Banco de Medellín |
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| Jaar | 1895 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Orange and black intaglio note with an oval vignette at left containing a classical female allegory of Liberty in draped robes, set within an ornate guilloche border. At centre-top, a small vignette of a beehive flanked by repeated numeral '50' microtext borders; to the right, a circular vignette with a grape cluster rendered in fine engraving. The bank title 'EL BANCO DE MEDELLIN' appears in bold lettering across the centre field, with the promise text in script below and signature lines for El Cajero, El Gerente, and El Contador. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | Banco de Medellín / 50 Centavos / Cincuenta Centavos |
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| Opmerkingen |
Banco de Medellín was one of several regional Colombian banks that flourished under the 1880 banking law permitting private note issue — a privilege that lasted only until the Banco de la República's monopoly was consolidated in the early 1920s. This 50 Centavos note predates the severe monetary disruption of the Thousand Days War (1899–1902), which wrecked most of the private banking system and rendered enormous quantities of regional banknotes worthless almost overnight.
Bradbury Wilkinson produced the plates in London, a common arrangement for South American issuers seeking security printing beyond the reach of local counterfeiters. Surviving examples from Medellín's smaller denominations are considerably scarcer than the higher values — fractional notes suffered harder circulation and were rarely preserved.