50 Pesos

Issuer	Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia
Year	1888-1895
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Black intaglio on blue and yellow underprint, with a portrait vignette of Simón Bolívar at left, the Colombian Arms at centre, and a seated allegorical female figure at right. The issuer's title runs across the top in bold letterpress, beneath which the promise-to-pay legend and the denomination appear in both words and numerals. The face date reads «MARZO 4 DE 1895» below the Bogotá place name.
Obverse lettering	Banco Nacional DE LA REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA BOGOTÁ, MARZO 4 DE 1895. Pagará al portador á la vista Cincuenta Pesos EN MONEDA CORRIENTE 50 PESOS 50 (Translation: The National Bank of Colombia Bogotá, March 4, 1895. will pay to the bearer at sight Fifty Pesos in currency)
Reverse description	Printed entirely in blue, the reverse is covered by dense interlocking guilloche lacework filling the entire field. Two large circular guilloche medallions each bearing the numeral «50» are placed at left and right, flanking a central rectangular panel that accommodates the manuscript cashier's signature and a red circular bank seal. The bank's name is set in bold letterpress across the lower centre, with the printer's imprint «American Bank Note Co. New-York» appearing twice along the bottom margin.
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