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2000 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1983-1990 |
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| Currency | Peso decimalized (1847-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Simón Bolívar at left centre, facing three-quarters right, with a historical vignette of the liberation of slaves at lower left and accompanying inscription. The bank title 'EL BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA' is printed at top centre, with the denomination 'DOS MIL PESOS ORO' in bold letterpress to the right of the portrait. Two signature lines appear below the denomination, with date and place of issue reading 'BOGOTA, COLOMBIA' at lower centre, flanked by guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral '2000'. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIMON BOLIVAR YO ABANDONO A VUESTRA SOBERANA DECISION LA REFORMA O LA REVOCACION DE TODOS MIS ESTATUTOS Y DECRETOS PERO IMPLORO LA CONFIRMACION DE LA LIBERTAD ABSOLUTA DE LOS ESCLAVOS COMO IMPLORARIA MI VIDA Y LA VIDA DE LA REPUBLICA Banco de la Republica Pagara al Portador Dos Mil Pesos EL BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA PAGARA AL PORTADOR DOS MIL PESOS ORO GERENTE ABOGADO SUBGERENTE COLOMBIA |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette reproduces Francisco Antonio Cano's painting 'Paso del Páramo de Pisba', portraying Bolívar's troops crossing the Andean páramo during the independence campaign, with figures on horseback and on foot rendered in fine line engraving. An oval medallion above the vignette bears a classical allegorical female figure encircled by the legend 'BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA BOGOTA COLOMBIA'. The denomination 'DOS MIL PESOS ORO' appears in bold at the bottom centre within a guilloche border, with the printer's imprint 'THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED' below. |
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