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5 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1927 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | An oval intaglio portrait vignette of General José María Córdoba in military uniform occupies the left portion of the note, captioned 'CORDOBA' at its base, set against a green guilloche underprint. To the right, a seated allegorical female figure rendered in fine intaglio engraving accompanies the large letterpress denomination 'CINCO PESOS ORO' at centre. The issuing authority 'EL BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA' is inscribed across the top, with date, series designation, and two facsimile signatures of bank officials at lower centre right. |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco de la República Pagará al Portador Cinco Pesos Oro Bogotá Colombia (Translation: The Bank of the Republic Will Pay to the Bearer Five Pesos Oro, Bogotá Colombia) |
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Colombia's Banco de la República was only five years old when this note was issued, having been founded in 1923 as part of the Kemmerer Mission reforms — a sweeping monetary reorganization carried out by American economist Edwin Kemmerer, who had already overhauled the financial systems of Bolivia and Ecuador. The bank replaced a chaotic patchwork of private commercial note issuers, and Thomas De La Rue was the natural choice for the new institution's early production runs.
De La Rue's London printing gives these early República issues a crispness and engraving quality that later domestic or mixed-source printings do not match.