Obverse description	Poet Jose Silva standing in the center in the middle of the honeycomb (inside which there are various geometrical figures and the name of the issuing bank), his back towards the viewer and holding an umbrella behind him. His portrait on the right. Puya plant (Paepalanthus columbiensis) and a bee between the watermark and the standing figure. Issuer and country name on lower left, face value in numbers an letters on top left, and in letters, turned 90º on right. Five in braille to the right of the country name.
Reverse description	View of the Andes mountains with rivers flowing down, high-elevation plants, a bear, a condor and a bumblebee. To upper right, a poem by Jose A. Silva, and bank seal, face value in numbers and letters on top left, in letters on lower right.
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Protection type	Watermark
Protection description	Jose A. Silva and electrotype `5`.
Obverse lettering	5 MIL PESOS PUYA Paepalanthus columbiensis BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA COLOMBIA JOSE ASUNCION SILVA POETA COLOMBIANO (1865-1896) CINCO MIL PESOS (Translation: 5 thousand Pesos Puya Paepalanthus columbiensis Bank of the Republic Colombia Jose Asuncion Silva Colombian poet (1865-1896) Five thousand Pesos)
Reverse lettering	5 MIL PESOS MELANCOLÍA `De todo lo velado, tenue, lejana y misteriosa surge vaga melancolía que del ideal al cielo nos conduce. He mirado reflejos de ese cielo en la brillante lumbre con que ahuyenta las sombras, la mirada de sus ojos azules. Leve cadena de oro que una alma a otra alma con sus hilos une oculta simpatía, que en lo profundo de lo ignoto bulle, y que en las realidades de la vida se pierde y se consume cual se pierde una gota de rocío sobre las yerbas que el sepulcro cubren.` JOSÉ ASUNCIÓN SILVA PARAMOS DE COLOMBIA FUENTES DE AGUA ABEJORRO Bombus sp. CINCO MIL PESOS (Translation: 5 thousand Pesos  Melancholy `Of all that is veiled, Faint, distant and mysterious arises vague melancholy that leads us from the ideal to heaven.  I have looked at reflections of that sky in the bright fire with which he chases away the shadows, the gaze of his blue eyes.  Slight gold chain that one soul to another soul with its threads unites hidden sympathy, that in the depths of the unknown bustles,  and that in the realities of life is lost and consumed like loses a drop of dew on the herbs that the tomb covers.` José Asunción Silva  Moors of Colombia Bumblebee Bombus sp. Five thousand Pesos)
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Catalog ID	3540125830
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