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50 Pesos

Issuer Banco Hipotecario
Year 1881
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Central allegorical vignette of a seated female figure with laurel wreath and agricultural implements, set against an orange guilloche underprint. Denomination numeral '50' appears in an ornate dark panel at upper right and in a circular guilloche at lower left. A secondary vignette at right depicts a basket with produce; date '1° DE OCTUBRE DE 1881' and place 'BOGOTÁ' printed in intaglio below the central vignette.
Obverse lettering EL BANCO HIPOTECARIO
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA
CINCUENTA PESOS
EN MONEDA CORRIENTE
BOGOTÁ
1° DE OCTUBRE DE 1881
EL GERENTE
EL PRESIDENTE DEL CONSEJO
CINCUENTA
NÚMERO
SERIE
Reverse description Uninscribed back printed as a mirror-image offset impression of the obverse in light tones, typical of a note printed on one side only, with the obverse design showing through the paper. The orange '50' guilloche panel is visible at lower right, and the faint outlines of the central vignette and text panels are discernible through the sheet.
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