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| Issuer | Banco de la República |
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| Year | 1942-1953 |
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| Currency | Peso decimalized (1847-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco de la República Pagará al Portador Quinientos Pesos Oro Bogota, Colombia El Gerente / El Secretario BOLIVAR AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: The Bank of the Republic will pay to the Bearer Five Hundred Pesos Oro) |
| Reverse description | Central circular vignette containing an allegorical figure of Liberty seated, surrounded by the bank name legend in a circular band, set within an elaborate guilloche framework. The denomination numeral '500' appears in large figures at both left and right. Fine lathe-work geometric patterns fill the background throughout the note in a reddish-brown intaglio print. |
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| Variants | a. 20.07.1942 b. 20.07.1944, 01.01.1945 & 07.08.1947 c. 01.01.1950 d. 01.01.1951 & 01.01.1953 |
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