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Half peso oro notes were also produced by the Banco de la República in 1943 by cutting in half 1 peso notes. The Banco de la República introduced 200 and 1,000 peso oro notes in 1974 and 1979, respectively, whilst 1 and 2 peso oro notes ceased production in 1977, followed by 10 pesos oro in 1980, 5 pesos oro in 1981, 20 pesos in 1983 and 50 ...
Currency in Colombia denotes the ingots, coins, and banknotes that have been used in Colombia since 1622. It was in that year, under a licence purchased from King Philip III of Spain, that Alonso Turrillo de Yebra established a mint at Santa Fe de Bogotá and a branch mint at Cartagena de las Indias, where gold cobs were produced as part of Colombia's first currency.
In March 2010, the production cost of a 20,000 Colombian peso note was estimated at 85 pesos. By comparison, 1,000 and 50,000 Colombian peso notes cost 57 and 103 pesos respectively. This difference can be explained by the fact that the higher the value of the note, the more security features are built into it, thus generating higher costs. [ 14 ]
The printing of the notes of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: Imprenta de Billetes del Banco de la República de Colombia) was officially inaugurated on 23 October 1959, [5] and the 50,000 peso note was first printed in 2000. [6] The 50,000 peso note is the highest denomination of currency in Colombia, and measures 140mm by 70mm. [7]
Chilean peso – Chile; Colombian peso – Colombia; Costa Rican peso – Costa Rica; Cuban convertible peso – Cuba; Cuban peso – Cuba; Dominican peso – Dominican Republic; Ecuadorian peso – Ecuador; Guatemalan peso – Guatemala; Guinea Bissau peso – Guinea Bissau; Honduran peso – Honduras; Japanese government-issued Philippine ...
Banco de Caracas was founded in July 1876, reorganized on August 11, 1877, and dissolved on March 27, 1881. It issued notes for 5, 20, and 100 venezolanos. The province of Guayana (Estado de Guayana) issued local notes in 1878–1880 for 50 centésimos and 1, 2, 4, and 8 venezolanos.
Banco del Ecuador issued notes for 2 & 4 reales and 1, 5, 10, 20, 100, 500 & 1000 pesos. Banco Nacional, Guayaquil, issued notes briefly in 1871 for 2 and 4 reales and for 1, 5, 10, 20, and 100 pesos. It was taken over by Banco del Eduador, which began withdrawing Banco Nacional's notes in 1872. Banco de Quito was the first Quito-based bank. It ...
This first Colombian private carrier provided a weekly mail service of El Dorado, which transported mail from the Siecha lagoon to Bogota, which lasted to 1870. Adhesives were created, a cliché was cut, the value of postage stamps was set to 1 real (10 centavos de peso) and printed on various available papers.