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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Marquez |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue and black intaglio on a fine guilloche underprint. At centre, an oval portrait vignette of a bearded gentleman in formal attire is framed by the bank title 'EL BANCO DE MARQUEZ' in bold lettering across the top. To the left, an allegorical vignette depicts a conquistador figure alongside an indigenous figure, while to the right a seated female allegory with a shield occupies the corresponding panel. Denomination numerals '100' appear at upper right and lower left corners, with the text 'Cien Pesos' in script at centre and the place of issue 'Barranquilla' inscribed above the promise to pay. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue intaglio, dominated by an elaborate geometric guilloche pattern of interlocking rosettes, lathe-work borders, and repeating floral medallions. The denomination '100' appears in bold numerals at the top centre and in each of the three remaining quadrants, with 'EL TAJERO' inscribed in a central oval panel. The lower margin carries the printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company, New York. |
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Banco de Marquez was one of several small regional private banks operating in Colombia during the 1880s, when the country's decentralized banking laws permitted local institutions to issue their own currency — a policy that produced an enormous variety of short-lived private issues before federal consolidation ended the practice. The American Bank Note Company in New York supplied plates and finished notes to dozens of Latin American issuers during this period, and the mechanical quality of the printing consistently exceeded what local presses could achieve.
P#S586 is scarce. The bank's limited operational footprint and probable early closure meant small print runs and poor survival rates.