Issued by the Banco de la República in 2005, this high-denomination banknote features on the obverse the portrait of Jorge Isaacs, renowned Colombian writer and politician, along with motifs related to his most famous novel María.
The reverse depicts the Valle del Cauca landscape, including sugarcane fields and rural scenery, symbolizing the region’s agricultural richness. Printed on cotton paper, it measures 153 × 66 mm and includes a watermark of Jorge Isaacs, a security thread, microprinting, and latent images.
Obverse
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.
Script: Latin
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
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.
Script: Latin
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
IMPRENTA DE BILLETES, BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA
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
Notebook printer, Bank of the Republic
Watermark
“50MIL” and Portrait of Jorge Isaacs.
© RuibaiK (CC BY-NC)
Printer
Imprenta de Billetes, Bogotá, Colombia
Features
| Issuer | Colombia |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Bank of the Republic of Colombia (Banco de la República – Colombia) |
| Ruling authority | Republic (1886-date) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 2001-2014 |
| Value | 50 000 Pesos 50 000 COP = USD 12 |
| Currency | Peso decimalized (1847-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 140 × 70 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Issued | 1 May 2001 |
