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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Estado Soberano de Bolívar |
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| Reference(s) | P#127 |
| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper. At left, an allegorical female figure of Justice seated, holding scales and a sword, with a classical architectural column behind her. At centre, a large vignette of a steam locomotive at a station with goods and figures on the platform. At right, an ornate green guilloche medallion with the numeral '10'. The heading 'ESTADO SOBERANO DE BOLIVAR' arches across the top, with the place name 'Cartagena' in script at right and the promise text 'El Tesoro del Estado pagará al Portador a la vista DIEZ PESOS en calaro' across the lower centre. Denomination counters reading 'DIEZ 10 DIEZ' appear at lower left and right, and the printer's imprint 'Hamilton Bank Note Eng. & Ptg. Co. New York' is visible at the bottom. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green intaglio on white paper, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche framework with interlocking lathe-work borders. The numerals '10' appear in large format at both left and right within ornate cartouches, each flanked by the word 'DIEZ' in vertical panels. A central rectangular panel, bearing the word 'SPECIMEN' in red, is framed by two horizontal bands inscribed 'DIEZ PESOS' above and below. The heading 'ESTADO SOBERANO' arches at top with a coat-of-arms vignette, and 'DE BOLIVAR' appears at the base. The printer's imprint 'Hamilton Bank Note Engraving & Printing Co. New York' is noted at the bottom margin. |
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The Estado Soberano de Bolívar was one of nine sovereign states within Colombia's federalist structure under the 1863 Rionegro Constitution — an arrangement that gave individual states the authority to issue their own currency, a fiscal privilege most exercised with considerable enthusiasm and questionable discipline. Hamilton Bank Note Engraving & Printing Co. of New York handled a significant share of Latin American state-level commissions during this period, competing directly with American Bank Note Co. for the same clientele.
Pick #127 is poorly documented in terms of confirmed issue dates and surviving population, which makes provenance records worth keeping with any example.