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5 Pesos overprint
| Issuer | Banco de la República (Colombia) |
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| Year | 1931 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red-orange and carries a large black overprint reading CERTIFICADO DE PLATA across the upper portion, with the text body arranged in five centred lines within an ornate guilloche border framework. A small heraldic vignette of the Colombian arms appears at the lower centre, framed by the legend REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA on a scroll cartouche. The background guilloche pattern incorporates large numeral 5 watermark-style impressions on either side. |
| Reverse lettering | Certificado de Plata Cambiable a su Presentacion en el Banco de la Republica por Igual Valor en Monedas Legales de Plata (Translation: Silver Certificate Exchangeable on Presentation at the Bank of the Republic for Equal Value in Legal Tender Silver Coins) |
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Colombia's Banco de la República issued this note during a period of severe external pressure: the country had suspended gold convertibility in 1931 as the Great Depression drained reserves, and the overprint program was a direct administrative response to that dislocation. Rather than commission entirely new plates, the bank authorized ABNC to apply overprints to existing stock — a faster and cheaper route to putting reconfigured currency into circulation during a crisis year.
The ABNC connection here is unambiguous: New York was both the design source and the press.