Caja De Credito Agrario Industrial Y Minero - American Bank Note Company Specimen Check

Specimen Check printed by American Bank Note Company. Bogota, Colombia. Bank located in New York, N.Y. The Caja de Crédito Agrario, Industrial & Mines, better known as Caja Agraria, was a Colombian state financial entity founded in 1931. It went into liquidation in 1999, being privatized and replaced by The Agrarian Bank of Colombia or Banco Agrario de Colombia. In 1927, the Banco Agrícola Hipotecario was created from the House of Representatives by project of Mariano Ospina Pérez.
It was created with decree 1998 of 1931, in the government of Enrique Olaya Herrera, Law 57 of 1931 that established its duration of 50 years, for which in the government of Julio César Turbay it was granted an extension for an indefinite period.

Its first office was located at Avenida Jiménez in Bogotá. It became one of the state entities with the most national presence together with Telecom. It had the largest number of employees of an entity in Colombia. Being the largest bank in the country, it became the financial institution with the largest network of offices (864) in 500 municipalities in Colombia. Its building was the first built on a metallic structure in Colombia. For several years, it was the official sponsor of the Tour of Colombia. It was a constant target in guerrilla takeovers during the internal armed conflict in Colombia. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caja_Agraria