Catalog
50 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Colombia |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on orange-yellow guilloche underprint. Central vignette shows a mountain pass with a muleteer leading pack animals through an Andean landscape. Denomination numerals "50" appear in ornate rosettes at left and right, with issuer name across the top and place and date inscriptions below the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE COLOMBIA CINCUENTA PESOS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA EN MONEDA CORRIENTE BOGOTÁ, Diciembre 15 de 1881. DIRECTOR SEGUNDO DIRECTOR GERENTE DIRECTOR TERCERO |
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Banco de Colombia was a private commercial bank chartered in 1875, operating during the period when Colombia's note-issuing privileges were distributed across competing regional banks rather than centralized under a single authority. The federal banking law of 1880 was actively reshaping that arrangement, and notes of this period exist in a compressed window between shifting regulatory regimes.
The American Bank Note Company held long-running contracts with numerous Colombian private banks simultaneously, which means the printing quality is high but the design language is shared across institutions — collectors should verify the issuing bank text carefully, as superficially similar ABNC-produced Colombian issues from this decade are frequently confused.