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500 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1968-1971 |
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| Value | 500 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | At right, an intaglio oval portrait of Simón Bolívar in military uniform is inscribed below with the word BOLÍVAR; a large guilloche-framed numeral 500 occupies the centre, flanked by serial numbers and SERIE A designations. The issuer legend EL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA arches across the top, with BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA at lower centre, and two manuscript signatures above the titles GERENTE and SECRETARIO. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a finely engraved intaglio interior view of the underground salt cathedral of Las Salinas de Zipaquirá, with dramatic arched rock columns and a cross visible at the altar; to the left, a circular guilloche medallion bears the Banco de la República seal with a female allegorical figure. The denomination appears in large lettering at upper right and lower left, and the legend IGLESIA SUBTERRÁNEA DE LAS SALINAS DE ZIPAQUIRÁ is inscribed at the base of the central vignette. |
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| Variants | a. 01.01.1968 b. 12.10.1971 |
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