Catalog
50 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1984-1986 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A large intaglio vignette of Colombian orchids (Cattleya trianae, the national flower) rendered in yellow and purple tones occupies the centre of the note, captioned ORQUIDEAS COLOMBIANAS below. The Colombian coat of arms appears in the upper left, flanked by intricate guilloche work and a pre-Columbian gold artefact at the right margin. The denomination numeral 50 is repeated in the lower corners within ornate lathe-work cartouches, all set against a pale rose and cream underprint. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Colombia's Banco de la República began producing its own notes domestically in earnest from the late 1970s onward, having previously relied on foreign security printers. The Imprenta de Billetes — the bank's own printing plant in Bogotá — took on this series, and the results show the transition: quality is competent but uneven across the run, and paper consistency varies noticeably between 1984 and 1986 printings.
The sole security feature is a watermark, modest even by the standards of the period. Within two years of this series closing, Colombia had moved to significantly more sophisticated anti-counterfeiting measures driven by the narco-dollar inflation pressures of the late 1980s.