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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1900 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 EL BANCO NACIONAL De La República De Colombia PAGARA AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA DIEZ CENTAVOS BOGOTÁ, ENERO 2 de 1900. MIEMBROS DE LA JUNTA DE EMISIÓN. VILLAVECES - BOGOTÁ (Translation: The National Bank of the Republic of Colombia will pay to bearer at sight Ten Cents Bogota, January 2nd., 1900. Members of the issuing joint.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in green with no central vignette. The numeral '10' appears at upper left, while the word 'CAJERO' (Cashier) identifies the signature line at center right, over which a red seal is applied. |
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El Banco Nacional was a state-controlled institution that operated under persistent political tension — the Colombian government repeatedly clashed with Congress over its right to issue inconvertible paper money throughout the 1880s and 1890s. By 1900, the country was deep in the Thousand Days War, and small fractional notes like this one filled a practical gap left by the near-total disappearance of coin from circulation. Hoarding of metal currency was widespread.
Villaveces was one of the few domestic printing operations capable of producing banknotes in Colombia at the time. The reliance on a local lithographer rather than a European security printer reflects wartime conditions more than institutional preference.