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20 Pesos Banco del Norte

20 Pesos (Banco del Norte) - obverse20 Pesos (Banco del Norte) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Colombia
Issuing bank Bank of the North (Banco del Norte)
Period United States of Colombia (Estados Unidos de Colombia) (1863-1886)
Type Local banknotes
Year 1882
Value 20 Pesos
Currency Paper Peso (1872-1916)
Composition Paper
Size 140 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Lithography
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
545453
References P# S684
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, Hernández# 1128
Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.

Series: Banco del Norte

Obverse

Black on light brown overprint.
General Francisco de Paula Santander on top left, issuer name at center. Face value in numbers on all four corners and on top right, in letters at lower center. Black series on top center to left, and space for serial #s to be overprinted on top right. Space for 3 hand written signatures with titles above, on lower zone.
Issuing location and issuing date on top center. Time of attention to public on left edge, Authorization details on right edge. printer name on right edge.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
20 SERIE D. Nº 01,840
Socorro, enero 1º de 1882.
EL BANCO DEL NORTE
pagará al portador á la vista
VEINTE PESOS
EL 2º DIRECTOR EL DIRECTOR GERENTE EL 3ER. DIRECTOR
HORAS DE DESPACHO DE LAS 10 DE LA MAÑANA
A LAS 3 DE LA TARDE DE CADA DIA NO FERIADO
ESTABLECIDO POR ESCRITURA DE 25 DE SETIEMBRE DE
1881. Nº 330 ANTE EL NOTARIO DEL CIRCUITO DEL SOCORRO
LIT. DE D. PAREDES, BOGOTÁ.

Translation:
Bank of the North
Socorro, January 1st., 1882
The Bank of the north will pay to bearer at sight twenty Pesos
The 2nd. Director, the Manager Director, the 3rd. Director
Dispatch hours: from 10 AM to 3PM on every non-holiday day.
Established by deed of September 25th., 1881, # 330 by the Socorro circuit notary.
Lithography of D. Paredes, Bogotá.

Reverse

Brown printing.
No images. Issuer name on center to top, face value in numbers on sides, space for signature with title above. Printer name on bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO del NORTE
20
EL CAJERO
LIT. D. PAREDES, BOGOTÁ.

Translation:
Bank of the North
The cashier
Lithography D. Paredes, Bogotá

Printer

Lithography D. Paredes (Litografía D. Paredes), Bogotá, Colombia (1882)

Comments

Socorro is a location placed on Santander province, northeast of Colombia, about 225 Kilometers from Bogotá.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References
1882-Jan-01  Hernández# 1128
Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.
Unsigned remainder.

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