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5.000 Pesos

Issuer Banco de la República
Year 1995
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Currency Peso (1993-date)
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Obverse description Portrait of José Asunción Silva, the Colombian poet, at right centre against a green and multicolour guilloche underprint, with a tropical landscape vignette at left centre. The bank title 'BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA' runs across the top, with the denomination '5000' in large numerals at upper left and lower right. Two facsimile signatures and the inscription 'SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ' with date appear at the lower portion, above the country name 'COLOMBIA'.
Obverse lettering BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA
5000
CINCO MIL PESOS
COLOMBIA
SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ
Reverse description Central intaglio-printed vignette of a female figure standing in a moonlit grove of tall, slender trees, with a stone pedestal bearing a plaque at right — an allegorical scene inspired by Silva's poem 'Nocturno'. Elaborate Art Nouveau-style floral and foliate borders frame the composition on all sides, with the Banco de la República seal at lower left and a circular emblem at lower right. The denomination '5000' appears at upper left and lower right, with 'CINCO MIL PESOS' inscribed at the bottom centre.
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