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50 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Cipaquirá |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Value | 50 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on white paper with green underprint. Left vignette shows a classical allegorical female figure seated with a child, rendered in fine letterpress. Centre carries the bank title in bold serif type on a ribbon, with denomination "CINCUENTA PESOS" below; serial number and "Serie C" appear in the upper register. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE CIPAQUIRA pagará al portador á la vista en moneda corriente CINCUENTA PESOS Serie C Cipaquira, de de 18 EL PRESIDENTE DEL CONSEJO |
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Banco de Cipaquirá was one of Colombia's short-lived provincial banks operating under the 1880 banking law, which briefly liberalized note issuance before the government reversed course. The bank served the Cipaquirá region north of Bogotá — an area whose economy ran heavily on salt extraction from the famous mines there — and its notes circulated in a tight geographic radius, which is precisely why survivors are rare.
Litografía de D. Paredes was a Bogotá commercial printer, not a specialist banknote house, and the production quality reflects that. Colombian provincial issues from this period frequently show uneven ink distribution and inconsistent plate pressure.