Colombia new 50,000-peso note (B997a) confirmed

According to a press release, the Banco de la República introduced the following 50,000-peso note on 18 August 2016.

B997 (P462): 50,000 pesos (US$14)

Purple. Front: Spanish text; denomination in dark blue-to-light blue OVI; BRC as registration device; Colibrí piquicorto (Ramphomicron dorsale) hummingbird and flower in green-to-blue SPARK Orbit; nautilus shell as registration device; Nobel prize in literature winner, Gabriel García Márquez, standing with butterflies and close-up. Back: Spanish text; two standing natives; Ciudad Perdida, the heart of the Tayrona culture in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; burgao (nautilus shell); Liberty head bank seal. Solid security thread and yellow-to-green windowed security thread with demetalized BRC. Watermark: Gabriel García Márquez and electrotype 50. Printer: IMPRENTA DE BILLETES — BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA. 148 x 66 mm. Paper.

a. 19 DE AGOSTO DE 2015.
Sig. 22: Uribe/Tolosa. Prefix AA – AD.
Intro: 19.08.2016.

Courtesy of Andres Collazos, Cleo Phas, Noel Jose Cuenca Jimenez, and Camilo Uribe.

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