Banco de la República Starts Circulating the 50 Thousand-Peso Banknote

Embossed printing

• Image of the Nobel Prize for Literature Gabriel García Márquez.
• Text: “50 MIL PESOS” in the upper left corner.
• Texts: “BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA” and “COLOMBIA.”
• The signatures of the Governor of the Central Bank and its Deputy Executive Governor.
• Fringes with oval figures on the sides of the face.
• Common and scientific name of the hummingbird.
• Six diagonal lines on the side edges.
• The number fifty in Braille, on the bottom center (slightly to the left).

Matching images

On the left, matching images of the Burgao snail and the text “BRC,” printed partially by front and back, are completed against the light.

Watermarks

On the left side of the banknote Gabo’s face can be seen against the light with a three-dimensional effect and the number “50.”

Images with color change and movement

The hummingbird feeding from a flower on the left-hand side of the banknote changes from green to blue; simultaneously, the intense green circle appears to move.

Hidden image)

On the left side of the face, on the blue fringe, when holding the banknote in an almost horizontal position from the lower right-hand corner at the height of the eyes, the text “BRC” is displayed.

Exposure to ultraviolet light

The surface of the banknote must remain opaque, except for the following items:

• Small fibers that fluoresce in yellow and red, randomly distributed throughout the banknote.
• The security ribbon fluoresces in two colors, red and yellow, in an interleaved fashion.
• The series number located at the bottom fluoresces in yellow.
• Some oval figures, micro-texts, and the Burgao snail fluoresce in orange and green.

Micro-texts: to be observed with a magnifying glass

• The text “Banco de la República” can be read on some undulations located besides the standing character.
• On the violet strip to the right-hand side of the face the texts “BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA” and “BRC” can be read.
• On the light red vertical line to the right of the banknote, the text “BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA” can be found.

Embossed printing

• Image of two indigenous people from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
• Terraces at the Lost City.
• Indigenous houses at the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
• Extract from the speech “The Solitude of Latin America,” with which Gabo received the Nobel Prize.
• The logo of Banco de la República.
• The texts “50 MIL PESOS” and “CINCUENTA MIL PESOS".
• Text: “CIUDAD PERDIDA, SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA".

Security Ribbon

• When tilting the banknote, the central part of the security ribbon changes its color from copper to green.
• The security ribbon within the paper can be seen against the light, with the text “BRC” and the silhouette of the burgao snail.

Matching images

Matching images of the Burgao snail and the text “BRC” (inverted), partially printed by front and back, completed against the light.

Watermarks

On the right-hand side of the banknote the face of Gabo can be seen against the light, with a three-dimensional effect and the number 50 (inverted).

Exposure to ultraviolet light

The surface of the banknote must remain opaque, except for the following items:/p>

• Small fibers that fluoresce in yellow and red, randomly distributed throughout the banknote.
• Some oval figures, micro-texts and the Burgao snail fluoresce in orange and green.

Micro-texts: to be observed with a magnifying glass

• At the top right, a fragment of the speech “The Solitude of Latin America,” with which Gabo received the Nobel Prize, is embossed.
• The text “BRC” can be observed in the silhouettes of some of the mountains and on the rims of the clothing worn by the indigenous people.
• The right-hand side displays the date of approval of the banknote's edition, and the text “IMPRENTA DE BILLETES-BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA".