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50 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Hipotecario |
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| Year | 1881 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Predominantly red guilloche underprint with ornate floral rosette patterns flanking central text block. A large oval cancellation stamp and multiple manuscript signatures appear across the face. Border carries repeated bank name in microtext-style lettering. |
| Reverse lettering | ESTE BILLETE CIRCULA PROVISIONALMENTE COMO BILLETE DEL BANCO NACIONAL, DE ACUERDO CON EL DECRETO NUMERO 517 DEL 30 DE OCTUBRE DE 1899. BOGOTA, OCTUBRE 30 DE 1899 MINISTRO DEL TESORO MIEMBROS DE LA JUNTA DE EMISION EL BANCO HIPOTECARIO |
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The Banco Hipotecario was a mortgage bank, not a central or commercial bank — its notes were backed by property liens rather than metallic reserves, an arrangement common in Latin America during the 1870s and 1880s when land-rich but cash-poor economies needed circulating paper. Whether this specific issue saw meaningful general circulation or functioned more as a specialized financial instrument depends heavily on the regional context of the issuing branch, which the Pick reference alone doesn't resolve.
ABNC printed extensively for Argentine and wider South American clients during this period, and their 1880s South American work is among the more technically accomplished of the era — steel engraving of consistent quality, tight registration.