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50 Pesos Banco de Sogamoso
| Issuer | Banco de Sogamoso |
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| Year | 1882 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Serie D EL BANCO DE SOGAMOSO pagará al portador á la vista en moneda corriente 50 PESOS Sogamoso, 15 de Agosto de 1882 (Translation: Series D The Sogamoso Bank will pay to the bearer at sight in common currency 50 Pesos Sogamoso, August 15th, 1882) |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 BANCO DE SOGAMOSO EL CAJERO: (Translation: 50 Sogamoso Bank The Cashier:) |
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The Banco de Sogamoso was one of dozens of private Colombian banks that emerged following the 1865 and 1871 banking legislation, which allowed provincial institutions to issue their own currency with minimal federal oversight. Sogamoso, a highland market town in Boyacá, was never a major financial center, and the bank's operational lifespan was short — it did not survive the turbulence leading into the Regeneration period and the monetary centralization policies of the 1880s that eventually shuttered most regional issuers.
Surviving examples of this denomination are genuinely uncommon. The S844 reference in Pick's specialized Latin American catalog reflects how little documentation exists for this issuer.