Country: Colombia

 

Issuer: Banco de Oriente

 

SCWPM Catalog No.: P-S698

 

Date: 25 February 1887

 

Denomination: 5 Pesos

 

Condition: Very Good, strong horizontal center fold, handling wrinkles, rough margins, but no splits or tears in paper. Purple treasury stamp on back.

 

Description: Yellow on parchment type paper, woodland scene top center with denomination to right and left. Back yellow with bank name at center. This bank was founded in 1883 and was the third largest bank operating in Colombia at the time, which would explain the large amount of notes printed. Per the Standard Catalog, a large hoard of these notes were found in the bank archives. 172mm x 100mm.