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50 Pesos

Issuer Reyes Gonzales & Hermanos
Year 1890
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Currency Peso (1837-1898)
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Obverse description The obverse is framed by an elaborate engraved guilloche border with the denomination numeral '50' repeated in each corner. A central oval vignette presents a steam locomotive on a railway line, flanked on either side by the issuer's name 'REYES GONZALES & HERMANOS' in bold letterpress. The heading 'BILLETE POPULAR' appears at the top, with the obligation text 'pagarán al portador á la vista CINCUENTA PESOS' rendered in script and series and serial designations positioned below.
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Reverse description The reverse is dominated by a dense letterpress text block in Spanish recording the official adoption of this note by the Junta de Emisión to complete the five hundred thousand pesos ($500,000) ordered by the Jefe Civil y Militar of the Departamento, with the note to circulate provisionally as a Treasury bill until exchangeable for national banknotes. The date 'Bucaramanga, Noviembre 14 de 1900' appears below the main text, followed by manuscript signatures of the Junta members and the Secretary. Guilloche borders bearing repeated 'CINCUENTA' text frame the upper and lower edges.
Reverse lettering Este billete fue adoptado por la Junta de Emisión para completar los quinientos mil pesos ($500,000) que dispuso emitir el Sr. Jefe Civil y Militar del Departamento en su Decreto de esta fecha, y circulará provisionalmente como billete de Tesorería hasta que sea cambiado por billetes nacionales.
Bucaramanga, Noviembre 14 de 1900
Los Miembros de la Junta de Emisión
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