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FeaturesLocationColombia
Issuing entityBanco de la RepublicaPeriodRepublic (1886-date)TypeCommemorative noteYears1993-1994Value10 000 Pesos (10 000COP)CurrencyPeso decimalized (1847-date)CompositionPaperSize140 × issue
12th October 1492
Series:500th Anniversary of Columbus\' Discovery of the New World
Obverse
Large portrait of native woman on the right, next to her a small gold sculpture. Lettering in the middle with signatures on top of image of Columbis ships inside a circle. The watermark on the left.
Red color serial number above the watermark and on red (larger) numbers below the woman\'s portrait.
Lettering:
EL BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA
PAGARA AL PORTADOR
DIEZ MIL
PESOS
SERIE CONMEMORATIVA DEL 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 1492
COLOMBIA MUJER EMBERA
SANTA FE DE BOGOTA, 1993
Translation:
The Bank of the Republic (Central Bank)
will pay the bearer
Ten thousand
pesos
Commemorative series of the 12th October 1492
Colombia Embera woman
Santa Fe de Bogota, -date of issue-
Reverse
Colorful native birds of Colombia on the left and top of the note, in the middle an ancient world map.
Denomination and lettering on a single row at the bottom.
Watermark on the right and on its right, small lettering by Christoffer Columbus. A small image of the Santa Maria ship at the lower right corner.
gente que mejor se liberaría y convertiría a nuestra santa Fé con amor que no por fuerza
CRISTOBAL COLON
NAO SANTA MARIA
10000 DIEZ MIL PESOS 10000
people that would best be freed and would convert to our holy Faith with love but not with force
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
NAO SANTA MARIA
10000 TEN THOUSAND PESOS 10000
Watermark
Portrait of native, Embera woman
PrinterImprenta de Billetes, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia
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