Colombia new 20,000-peso note (B996a) confirmed

According to a press release dated 30 June 2016, the Banco de la República has issued a new 20,000-peso note.

 

B996 (P461): 20,000 pesos (US$5.60)

Orange. Front: Spanish text; denomination in dark green-to-light green OVI; BRC as registration device; sugar-apple (Annona squamosa) in green-to-blue SPARK Orbit; Zenú earring as registration device; president Alfonso López Michelsen, standing with hat in hand, and close-up giving speech. Back: Spanish text; sombrero vueltiao (turned hat); standing farmer wearing hat, carrying sheaf of caña flecha (Gynerium sagittatum); canals at La Mojana where the Zenú people settled; Zenú earring; Benjamin Puche Villadiego poem about sombrero vueltiao; Liberty head bank seal. Solid security thread and yellow-to-green windowed security thread with demetalized BRC and Zenú earring. Watermark: Alfonso López Michelsen and electrotype 20. Printer: IMPRENTA DE BILLETES — BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA. 143 x 66 mm. Paper.

a. 19 DE AGOSTO DE 2015.
Sig. 22: Uribe/Tolosa. Prefix AA, AB.
Intro: 30.06.2016.

Courtesy of NUMISMÁTICA Y FILATELIA BOGOTÁ (www.monetario-colombia.com).

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