50 000 Pesos

Issuer Colombia
Year 2000
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 50 000 Pesos
Currency Peso decimalized (1847-date)
Composition Paper
Size 140 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Imprenta de Billetes, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#449
Obverse description Vertical format elements: Jorge Isaacs at center, María (character) above; country name on top; signatures, place and issuing date on center left; issuer name on bottom. Horizontal elements: face value in numbers and letters on top left; serial # green on top center to left, red on lower right.
Obverse lettering COLOMBIA SANTA FE DE BOGOTA 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2000 JORGE ISAACS BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA 50 MIL PESOS
(Translation: Colombia Santa Fe de Bogota August 7th., 2000 Jorge Isaacs Bank of the Republic 50 thousand Pesos)
Reverse description Vertical format elements: `El Paraíso` farm at center, fragment of `Maria` novel, bank seal on lower left, face value in letters on bottom. Horizontal elements: face value in numbers and letters on top right.
Reverse lettering Una tarde, tarde como las de mi país, engalanada con nubes de color violeta y lampos de oro pálido, bella como María, bella y transitoria como fue ésta para mi, ella, mi hermana y yo, sentados sobre la ancha piedra de la pendiente, desde donde veíamos a la derecha en la hon- da vega rodar las corrientes bulliciosas del río, y tenien- do a nuestros pies el valle majestuoso y callado, leía yo el episodio de Atala, y las dos, admirables en su inmovilidad y abandono... BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA • COLOMBIA • CINCUENTA MIL PESOS 50 MIL PESOS SANTA FE DE BOGOTA
(Translation: An afternoon, afternoon like those in my country, adorned with clouds of violet color and lightinings of pale gold, beautiful like Maria, beautiful and transitory as she was for me, she, my sister and I, sitting on the broad stone of the slope, from where we saw to the right in the deep vega roll the bustling currents of the river, and having at our feet the majestic and quiet valley, I read the episode of Atala, and both, admirable in their immobility and abandonment... Bank of the Republic - Colombia 50 thousand Pesos Santa Fe de Bogotá)
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description `50MIL` and Portrait of Jorge Isaacs.
Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 1844639320
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