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1 Peso
| Issuer | Estado Soberano de Cundinamarca |
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| Year | 1884 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO SOBERANO BILLETE DEL ESTADO DE CUNDINAMARCA FERROCARRIL DE LA SABANA ESTACIÓN DE FACATATIVA EL ESTADO DE CUNDINAMARCA reconoce a favor del portador la suma de UN PESO Este billete es de forzosa admisión en el pago del 50% de todas las contribuciones del Estado, con excepción de las de vías de comunicación. Bogotá 1884 EL PROCURADOR DEL ESTADO EL SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA EL ADMINISTRADOR GENERAL DE HACIENDA UNO UNO Serie A. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and plain, presented on light cream paper with no vignette, text, or decorative elements; the surface shows natural aging and fold marks consistent with circulation. |
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The Estado Soberano de Cundinamarca was one of nine sovereign states under Colombia's Rionegro Constitution of 1863 — a radically federalist arrangement that gave each state its own laws, army, and, crucially, its own right to issue currency. This note dates to the final years of that system. The Regeneración movement under Rafael Núñez was already dismantling federalism by the early 1880s, and the 1886 constitution would abolish the sovereign states entirely, rendering issues like this one constitutionally obsolete within two years of printing.
Local Bogotá printing at this period was technically modest compared to contemporary European bank note production, and the S176 series reflects that.