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1 Peso Plata
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a classical Liberty head in profile within a circular guilloche frame, surrounded by an ornate geometric lathe-work border. The circular legend 'Banco de la República Bogotá Colombia' encircles the vignette, with the denomination numeral '1' repeated at each corner within scrollwork cartouches. The printer's imprint appears at the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Banco de la República Bogotá Colombia Certificado de Plata American Bank Note Company (Translation: Bank of the Republic / Bogotá Colombia / Silver Certificate / American Bank Note Company) |
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Colombia's Banco de la República turned to the American Bank Note Company for this series during a period when domestic printing infrastructure was not yet equipped for high-security currency production. The ABNC's New York plant handled the bulk of Colombian paper money output through much of the mid-twentieth century, and the relationship was long enough that the plates for several denominations were revised and reused across multiple dated issues without the public ever noticing the continuity.
The "Plata" designation is the telling detail — silver-denominated peso notes were a legal accounting distinction that persisted on Colombian currency well after silver convertibility had become largely theoretical.