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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco del Sur, Pasto |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos |
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| Reverse description | Entirely intaglio-printed in dark ink on white paper, the reverse is dominated by three large symmetrical guilloche rosettes arranged horizontally across the centre, each enclosing the numeral 10, set within an elaborate lathe-work frame with ornamental corner flourishes. The bank name BANCO DEL SUR is lettered in bold across the lower central panel, flanked by the numerals 10 in each corner, with EL CAJERO printed below the bank name and the imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DEL SUR 10 EL CAJERO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK |
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Banco del Sur was one of several Colombian departmental banks operating under the 1880 banking law, which permitted private regional institutions to issue their own currency. Pasto, the capital of Nariño in the remote southern highlands near the Ecuadorian border, was effectively isolated from Bogotá's financial infrastructure — these notes functioned as the practical medium of exchange for a region with limited connectivity to the national system.
The ABNC contract for Colombian provincial banks during this period was extensive; many of these southern issuers shared plate architectures and ordering cycles. The 1907 date places this note in the bank's final years, as Colombia's 1909 banking reforms began consolidating or eliminating private emission rights.