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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de la Unión |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on white paper, with the bank title 'El Banco de la Unión' in bold letters across the upper portion beneath a circular vignette at upper left. A female allegorical portrait bust in classical style occupies the lower-left corner, while a large pastoral vignette to the right displays horses and figures in a rural landscape. The denomination 'Diez Pesos' appears in large script lettering at center, with the place and date 'Bogotá, Enero 1o de 1883' inscribed at upper right, flanked by the numeral '10' in ornate panels at both sides. |
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| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL DE LA UNION 10 DIEZ |
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Banco de la Unión was one of several private Colombian banks chartered under the 1870 banking law that allowed provincial institutions to issue their own currency. The American Bank Note Company printed for dozens of Latin American clients during this period, and the plates for notes like this one were often partially shared or adapted across different issuers — worth examining closely if you suspect a design relationship with contemporaneous ABNC Colombian issues.
The bank's operating life was cut short by the monetary centralization policies of the 1880s and the turbulence leading into the 1885 civil conflict. Notes from this issuer in any denomination are genuinely uncommon in the market.