The United States of New Grenada issued silver 1 décimo and 1 peso in 1861.īeginning in 1862, coins were issued by the United States of Colombia. In 1856, gold 5 peso coins were added.īetween 18, coins were issued by the Grenadine Confederation in silver for 1⁄ 4, 1⁄ 2 and 2 reales, 1⁄ 4, 1⁄ 2 and 1 décimo, and 1 peso, and in gold for 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 pesos. In 1853, silver 1⁄ 2 and 1 décimo, and gold 10 peso coins were introduced, followed by 2 décimos in 1854 and 1 peso in 1855, both in silver. In 1847, the currency was decimalized and coins were introduced in denominations of 1⁄ 2 and 1 décimo de real in copper and 1, 2, 8, and 10 reales in silver. These were mostly continuations of coins issued before 1837 in the name of the Republic of Colombia but with the escudo denominations replaced by pesos. President Iván Duque did not support the change, and the proposal is currently not considered by the Government.īetween 18, silver 1⁄ 4, 1⁄ 2, 1, 2, and 8 real coins were introduced, along with gold 1, 2, and 16 pesos. The proposal was supported by then President Juan Manuel Santos, but faced opposition due to the high cost it would have and the minimal benefits it would bring, also confusion in a mostly cash-based economy, contracts made, and the possibility of future inflation rending the changes meaningless, though reduction of inflation was not one of the expected outcomes of the redenomination. A new series of banknotes was introduced in 2016 with the last three zeroes of the denomination replaced by the word "mil" (thousand), this would enable the printing of the same banknotes with the word "mil" replaced by the word "nuevos" (new). In 2018, the Congress of Colombia debated whether to redenominate the peso at a rate of 1,000 pesos = 1 new peso, removing three zeroes from its face value, in order to make accounting and banking operations easier. Nevertheless, Peso banknotes continued to be issued expressed as peso oro until 1993. In 1931, the United Kingdom left the gold standard and the peso shifted its peg to the United States dollar, at a rate of 1.05 pesos = 1 dollar, a slight devaluation from its previous peg, this until 1949. In 1910, the Conversion Board began issuing banknotes in the form of peso oro. Between 19, coins were issued denominated in "peso p/m", equal to paper pesos. From 1888, printing press inflation caused Colombia's paper money (pegged to the British pound at a rate of 5 pesos = 1 pound) to depreciate and the exchange rate between coins and paper money was fixed at 100 peso moneda corriente = 1 coinage peso. In 1871, Colombia adopted the gold standard, pegging the peso to the French franc at a rate of 1 peso = 5 francs. The current system of 100 centavos to the peso was first used in 1819 on early banknotes but did not reappear until the early 1860s on banknotes and was not used on the coinage until 1872. The real was renamed the décimo in 1853, although the last reales were struck in 1880. In 1847, Colombia decimalized the currency and the peso was subdivided into ten reales, each of 10 décimos de reales, later centavos. In 1837, the Colombian real was replaced by the current peso at a rate of 1 peso = 8 reales and was initially subdivided into 8 reales. The 50 peso coins are still legal tender, but due to its low value and circulation, most cash transactions are rounded to the nearest 100 pesos.Ĭolombia used Spanish colonial real until 1820 after independence from Spain was achieved. One peso is theoretically subdivided into one hundred centavos however, because of high inflation in the 1970s and 1980s, all centavo coins minting was stopped in 1984. also being used to distinguish it from other peso- and dollar-denominated currencies. The official peso symbol is $, with Col$. The Colombian peso ( sign: $ code: COP) is the currency of Colombia. Currency of Colombia Colombian peso peso colombiano ( Spanish)
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