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  • 1000 Pesos 2012-2024, KM# 299, Colombia
  • 1000 Pesos 2012-2024, KM# 299, Colombia
Description

October 16, 2012 – The Banco de la República de Colombia has issued a new and extended family of coins. The highest unit – the 1,000 Peso – has returned to the fold after an absence of ten years, with the intention of replacing the 1,000 Peso banknote. The new coins are lighter and, in most cases, smaller than their predecessors – making them cheaper to produce, according to the Bank, as well as cheaper and easier to manage in circulation. Moreover, they have a range of new security features, along with intricate design and engraving, to make counterfeiting more difficult.

There is a consistent design theme through all five coins in the new series of native Colombian fauna and flora, which is intended to reflect the country’s biodiversity. The coins also feature images of water, which is seen as essential to the country’s ecological heritage.

The coins were designed by the Colombian artists Johana Calle and José Antonio Suarez.

Obverse

Depicts the country name over the value and date below. The latent image at the centre with the initials "BRC" (Central Bank of Colombia) or "MIL" (thousand), depending on the angle of view. Microtext at the bottom "Taking care of the water" (repeated consecutively, alternatingly upright and inverted).

• REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA •
1000
•PESOS•
BRC
•CUIDAR EL AGUA•CUIDAR EL AGUA•CUIDAR EL AGUA•CUIDAR EL AGUA•
2014

Reverse

Depicts a loggerhead turtle entering the water. The water is depicted by a series of undulating lines engraved at different depths. These are on a background of straight lines in which the word ‘agua’ (water) is repeated in microtext, every other word being inverted.

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. The average loggerhead measures around 90 cm (35 in) in carapace length when fully grown. The adult loggerhead sea turtle weighs approximately 135 kg (298 lb), with the largest specimens weighing in at more than 450 kg (1,000 lb). The skin ranges from yellow to brown in colour, and the shell is typically reddish-brown.

•AGUA•AGUA•AGUA•AGUA•AGUA•AGUA•AGUA
TORTUGA•CAGUAMA
caretta caretta

Edge

1000 Pesos

KM# 299
Characteristics
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Aluminium Bronze
Center Nickel Brass
Weight 9.95 g
Diameter 26.7 mm
Thickness 2.7 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Casa de Moneda de Colombia

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