2016-08-30 Tue

On 18th August, Colombia released a new 50,000-peso note featuring one of the most influential writers in the Spanish language Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Violet and light and dark blue colours are used to create the image of the Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. He had also won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

The second vignette shows him standing amidst butterflies. Other depictions include “Ciudad Perdida” (Lost City) in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; a nautilus shell; and the seal of the bank.

The note features a solid security thread and yellow-to-green windowed security thread, a watermark of Garcia Marquez, colour-changing elements, some effects visible only under fluorescent or ultraviolet light, and tactile elements.

The third release in Colombia’s new series will be circulated along with the previous series.