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| Issuer | Banco Internacional |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black intaglio on a light orange-pink underprint. At left, a classical allegorical vignette shows two seated female figures; at center, a globe flanked by two putti in an ornate scrollwork vignette; at right, a further vignette of a reclining infant figure. The denomination '50' appears in numeral panels at upper right, lower left, and lower right. The issuing bank title 'BANCO INTERNACIONAL' runs across the top in bold letterpress, with the place and date 'Bogota, 15 de Diciembre de 1884' below, and the denomination legend 'CINCUENTA PESOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE' centered across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO INTERNACIONAL BOGOTA, 15 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1884 PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA CINCUENTA PESOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE EL DIRECTOR GERENTE 50 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red-orange letterpress with a guilloche border and ornamental scrollwork frame. Two large numeral '50' panels appear at left and right. A central block of text references the assimilation decree, with manuscript signatures of the Ministro del Tesoro and Miembros de la Junta de Emisión, along with a manuscript date 'Bogotá, Octubre 30 de 1899' at the lower left. |
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