10 pesos 1884

Common. The eBay market data provided shows multiple sales of this note across various conditions, with AU-graded examples selling as low as $2.30 USD and typical UNC pricing between $2.65 and $79.95 USD. This broad availability at modest prices across multiple listings indicates healthy supply in the collector market. Regional Colombian bank notes from the 1880s, while historically interesting, were issued in substantial quantities and remain relatively common in the numismatic market today.

The Banco de Pamplona was a regional Colombian bank operating during the late 19th century, a period when individual banks issued their own currency notes under government license. The puma featured centrally on the obverse reflects the wildlife and natural symbolism of Colombia's geography, while the note's denominations in Spanish (Diez Pesos) and the 'pagadera al portador á la vista' (payable to bearer on sight) inscription reflect the banking practices of the 1880s era before Colombia's central banking system consolidated currency issuance.

The obverse features a central vignette of a South American puma (Puma concolor) depicted in left-facing profile, positioned above the denomination 'DIEZ PESOS.' The design employs a predominantly green and black color scheme on a cream background, with elaborate ornamental borders featuring repeating numerical '10' patterns and baroque-style corner medallions. Series marking 'C' appears on the left, with the note number '0734' indicated. Multiple signature blocks appear in the lower portion for the General Manager, 2nd Director, and 3rd Director. The reverse displays a dominant large central numeral '10' enclosed in concentric circular frames with radiating text reading 'BANCO DE PAMPLONA' and 'DIEZ PESOS' in circular arrangement, maintaining the green and cream color palette with identical ornamental corner treatments and repeating 'DIEZ' border security text.

Front: 'BANCO DE PAMPLONA' (Bank of Pamplona), 'DIEZ PESOS' (Ten Pesos), 'pagadera al portador á la vista' (payable to bearer on sight), 'serie C' (series C), 'Nº 0734' (Number 0734), 'Pamplona' (city name), 'el Director Gerente' (the General Manager), 'el 2º Director' (the 2nd Director), 'el 3er Director' (the 3rd Director). Back: 'BANCO DE PAMPLONA' (Bank of Pamplona), 'DIEZ PESOS' (Ten Pesos), 'DIEZ' (Ten, repeated in border pattern), 'El Cajero' (The Cashier), with multiple denominal '10' markers in corner medallions.

Steel plate engraving with fine line work, executed by the Banknote engraver/printer BWC (identified in catalog data as the printer). The intricate border patterns, concentric circles, and repeating security text elements ('DIEZ', numerical patterns) are characteristic of high-security banknote engraving of the 1880s period. Multiple color printing (green and black) was applied using separate engraved plates.

This specimen is identified as Series C, note number 0734. The visual analysis shows this specific variety exhibits the puma obverse design (which may vary from other denominations or series of the same bank), with Series C marking distinguishing it from potential Series A, B, or other series variants. The green and black color scheme on light background is consistent with documented examples of this Pick number, though individual signatures on lower denomination bank notes of this period could create minor varieties based on the specific authorized officers signing the specimen.