Catalog
5000 Pesos Old bank seal
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1995-1999 |
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| Size | 140 × 69 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of poet José Asunción Silva at right center, set against a landscape background with tall palm trees and tropical vegetation; a winged termite (bachaco) vignette appears at lower left, accompanied by guilloche underprint patterns in multicolor. The denomination '5000' appears at upper left and lower right, with two signature lines and the date 'SANTA FE DE BOGOTA' printed across the lower center. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a colonial-era monument or architectural scene flanked by tropical trees, with a female figure incorporated into the composition; decorative guilloche rosettes and geometric underprint patterns frame the design on both sides. |
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The "old bank seal" designation distinguishes this series from the updated P#450 issues that followed Colombia's 1999 institutional rebranding, when Banco de la República adopted a modernized seal. Both types circulated concurrently for a period, creating genuine confusion at point of transaction. The 5,000 Peso denomination was introduced in 1990 and printed in relatively modest quantities across its lifespan — 12,175,000 for this specific run is not a large figure for a mid-denomination note in active daily use.
Dual-printing between De La Rue in London and the Bogotá imprint facility was standard for the series, with intaglio work handled offshore and finishing completed domestically.