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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Hipotecario del Pacífico, Cali |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S525 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central vignette of an eagle with spread wings perched over a serpent, rendered in fine intaglio engraving within an oval frame. The bank title BANCO HIPOTECARIO DEL PACIFICO and sub-title CALI — COLOMBIA appear across the upper portion, with the denomination 20 / VEINTE PESOS repeated at corners and in the lower legend panel. A detachable coupon strip at right, printed in dark ink, bears repeated S$0.40 interest coupon values; the serial number and SERIE A notation appear in red overprint at upper left and right respectively. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in brown ink, carries a detailed text panel explaining the guarantee of capital and interest by the bank's mortgage assets and capital, with the heading SECCIÓN HIPOTECARIA — ESTABLECIDA SEGÚN LEY 24 DE 1905 centered in the lower half. A left-hand detachable coupon strip with numbered rows and a red serial number overprint runs along the left margin. The denomination VEINTE PESOS appears at the bottom, with the BANCO HIPOTECARIO DEL PACIFICO title at top, and a red manuscript date overprint is visible across the face of the note. |
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Banco Hipotecario del Pacífico was one of several regional mortgage banks chartered in Colombia during the brief window of relative monetary stability following the Thousand Days War (1899–1902), a conflict that had devastated the country's finances and left the peso in near-total collapse. By 1905, Bogotá was beginning to claw back some regulatory control over note issuance, which meant banks like this one had a narrow operating life ahead of them.
ABNC's involvement was typical for Colombian regional banks of the period — domestic printing capacity simply couldn't meet the security requirements creditors and depositors demanded after years of worthless wartime paper. The plates were made in New York regardless of where the issuing bank sat.