Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) is constantly engaged in campaigns on how to recognize the authenticity of the new family of banknotes that include the latest technology to strengthen their security and maintain public confidence in cash. These elements are highly effective…
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Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) provides virtual training for the public in general, and to blind or deaf people, giving them the necessary support. These trainings aim to teach how to properly identify and check the security features of the new family of Colombian banknotes…
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On 9 November 2016 Banco de la República started circulating the new $5 thousand-peso banknote, the fourth of the new family of banknotes, which will circulate simultaneously with the current one. Its predominant color is brown. The obverse features the image of the poet José Asunción Silva, a…
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On 7 December 2016, Banco de la República started circulating the new $10 thousand-peso banknote, the sixth and last of the new family of banknotes. This banknote will circulate simultaneously with the current one. Red is its predominant color. The obverse features the image of anthropologist…
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On 30 June 2016, Banco de la República launched the new 20 thousand peso banknote, the second of the new family of banknotes, which will circulate simultaneously with the current one. The obverse features the image of President Alfonso Lopez Michelsen (complying with article 8 of Act 1599 of…
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On 19 August 2016, Banco de la República started circulating the new 50 thousand peso banknote, the third of the new family of banknotes. This banknote will circulate simultaneously with the current ones. The obverse shows the image of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel Laureate in Literature (…
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On 29 November 2016, Banco de la República started circulating the new $2 thousand-peso banknote, the fifth of the new family of banknotes, which will circulate simultaneously with the current one. Its predominant color is blue. The obverse features the image of artist Débora Arango, along with…
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On 31 March 2016, Banco de la República started circulating the new $100 thousand peso banknote, the first of a new family of banknotes. The obverse features the image of President Carlos Lleras Restrepo (complying with article 10 of Act 1167 of 2007) together with the barranquero bird and the…
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The central bank issues the country’s currency in the form of banknotes and coins. This is an exclusive function that may not be delegated. Consequently, the production, issue, supply and destruction of all Colombian currency is solely the responsibility of Banco de la República.
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In the light of recent complaints and publications by some citizens regarding a modality of banknote counterfeiting, Banco de la República informs that:
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Regarding a recent opinion piece published in an economic journal of national circulation, Banco de la República hereby informs that the $100 thousand-peso banknote continues to be valid as the species of highest denomination currently in circulation with unlimited legal tender.
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This image does not match the final design of the commemorative coin of the bicentenary of Colombian independence. It is an approximation, and the final artwork may undergo variations in the coming days. In order to use or reproduce this image, you must consider that it is not the final design…
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On 7 December 2016, Banco de la República started circulating the new $10 thousand-peso banknote, the sixth and last of the new family of banknotes.
Virginia Gutierrez, anthropologist, along with the Amazon region, the flower of the Victoria Regia, and the tree frog are…
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On 29 November 2016 Banco de la República started circulating the new $2 thousand-peso banknote, the fifth of the new family of banknotes
The artist Débora Arango, Caño Cristales (the “river of five colors”), the leaves and the fruit of the milk tree, and the bird from…
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On 9 November 2016 Banco de la República started circulating the new $5 thousand-peso banknote, the fourth of the new family of banknotes.
The poet José Asunción Silva, the Colombian moorlands (páramos), a puya plant, and a bumblebee are the image of the new banknote.…
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On 30th June 2016, Banco de la República started circulating the new 20 Thousand-Peso banknote, the third of the new family of banknotes
The Lost City (central to the Tayrona culture), the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a hummingbird feeding from a flower, and a Burgao snail, together…
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On 30th June 2016, Banco de la República started circulating the new 20 thousand-peso banknote, the second of the new family of banknotes
The channels at La Mojana1 in the region where the Zenú people settled, the fruit of the anón, the Zenú earring…
