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5 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Size | 140 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | Oval portrait vignette of General Francisco de Paula Santander — labeled 'CORDOBA' at base — at left, with a seated allegorical female figure to the right in a classical composition set against a green guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '5' appears in the upper-right and lower-right corners, with the serial number in red at upper-right and lower-left. Date '1° DE ENERO DE 1953' and place of issue 'BOGOTA COLOMBIA' are printed centrally below the main vignette, with two manuscript signatures above the imprint 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & COY. LTD. LONDRES. INGLATERRA'. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Banco de la República building in Bogotá, rendered in fine intaglio line work and framed by an ornate rectangular border with foliate corner ornaments. Symmetrical guilloche rosettes bearing the denomination '5' and legend 'CINCO PESOS ORO' fill the left and right panels. The inscription 'EDIFICIO DEL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA EN BOGOTÁ' appears below the building vignette. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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