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10 Centavos / 1 Real Sovereign State of Bolívar

10 Centavos / 1 Real (Sovereign State of Bolívar) - obverse10 Centavos / 1 Real (Sovereign State of Bolívar) - reverse

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Features

Issuer State of Bolívar (Colombian states)
Issuing entity Sovereign State of Bolivar (Estado Soberano de Bolívar)
Period United States of Colombia (Estados Unidos de Colombia) (1863-1886)
Type Local banknotes
Year 1877
Value 10 Centavos=1 Real (0.10 COP)
Currency Peso decimalized (1847-date)
Composition Paper
Size 89.7 × 53.1 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
537858
References P# S101, S102
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, Hernández# 1255
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: Sovereign State of Bolívar

Obverse

Black printing.
Man portrait at left.
Issuer name on top; face value in letters at center, in numbers at top center to right. Overprinted red serial #s, 6 digits on top left. Two signatures with titles above, on lower zone. Issuing location and date below center. Printer name on bottom.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
Nº 023959
ESTADO SOBERANO de BOLIVAR
DIEZ
CENTAVOS 10
El Tesoro del Estado pagará al portador
á la vista Diez Centavos, en efectivo
Cartajena, Marzo de 1877
EL PRESIDENTE DEL ESTADO EL SECRETARIO JENERAL
HAMILTON BANKNOTE ENG. & PTG. Cº. NEW YORK

Translation:
Sovereign State of Bolívar
Ten Cents
The Treasury of the State will pay to bearer, at sight Ten Cents, in cash
Cartagena, March, 1877.
The State President, the General Secretary.

Reverse

Green printing.
Colombian coat of arms above center.
Issuer name on top; face value in Arabic numbers at center, in Roman numbers on sides, in letters below, and equivalent (1 Real=10Cents) on lower left and right.
Printer name on bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ESTADO SOBERANO DE BOLIVAR
X 10 X
DIEZ
CENTAVOS
UN REAL.
HAMILTON BANKNOTE ENGRAVING & PRINTING CO. NEW YORK.

Translation:
Sovereign State of Bolívar
Ten Cents
One Real

Printer

Hamilton Bank Note Company (HBNC), New York City, United States

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References
1877-Mar  P# S101
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, Hernández# 1255
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.
Perforated edges
1877-Mar  P# S102
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
Straight edges

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