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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 description | The obverse is printed over a green guilloche underprint and bears the Colombian coat of arms as the central left vignette. The issuer's title 'EL BANCO NACIONAL / De La República De Colombia' is inscribed across the top, with the denomination 'DIEZ CENTAVOS' rendered in full text to the right and numeral '10' repeated in all four corners. Below the central area, the place and date of issue 'BOGOTÁ, ENERO 2 de 1900' are recorded alongside a line for four members of the Junta de Emisión signatures, with the printer's imprint 'VILLAVECES – BOGOTÁ' at the base. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 CAJERO (Translation: Cashier) |
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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.