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Issuing authority

Colombia

South American republic issuing peso coinage and notes after independence from Spain.

Kind
republic
Region
Andes, South America
Recorded period
1819 – present

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

12

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

12 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1819 – 1953

12 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Colombia silver peso coinage

Rio de la Plata Online Auction 27 (via NumisBids)

modern coins

Colombia silver peso coinage

19th century

Colombia silver peso coinage comprises the one-peso silver currency issued during the nineteenth century across successive Colombian republican regimes. Following independence from Spain, the Colombian real was replaced in 1837 by the peso at a rate of eight reales to one peso. Currency decimalisation followed in 18…

Documented

Partial type record

Cuartillo from Colombia

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Cuartillo from Colombia

1830

Bronze coin. Obverse: bust of Bolivar facing right. Reverse: woman facing right, seated on an escutcheon. Plain edge. Struck in 1830 in England. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5269; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diamet…

Documented

Partial type record

Coat of Arms — Inscription: "CONFED. GRANADINA + CORREOS NACIONALES" — Straight Lines in Backgorund issue, Colombia, 1860

Post of Confed. Granadina via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Coat of Arms — Inscription: "CONFED. GRANADINA + CORREOS NACIONALES" — Straight Lines in Backgorund issue, Colombia, 1860

1860

The Coat of Arms — Inscription: "CONFED. GRANADINA + CORREOS NACIONALES" — Straight Lines in Backgorund issue is a set of postage stamps released in Colombia in 1860. The StampWorld catalogue lists 6 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 6–6‑8). Values and colours recorded for the issue: 5C greyish black; 5C redd…

Documented

Partial type record

Coat of Arms — Inscription: "ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NUEVA GRANADA" issue, Colombia, 1861

Estados Unidos de Nueva Granada via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Coat of Arms — Inscription: "ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NUEVA GRANADA" issue, Colombia, 1861

1861

The Coat of Arms — Insscription: "ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NUEVA GRANADA" issue is a set of postage stamps released in Colombia in 1861. The StampWorld catalogue lists 6 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 9–9‑13). Values and colours recorded for the issue: 2½C black; 5C yellowish; 10C blue; 20C brick-red; 1P purple r…

Documented

Partial type record

2½ centavos from Colombia, 1881

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

2½ centavos from Colombia, 1881

1881

Copper-nickel coin. Obverse: Phrygian cap resting on an arrow, bearing the inscription: Libertad. Reverse: value designation: 2½ C. on one line. Year at the bottom. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5272; its record gives material recorded as nickel (metal); technique striking (me…

Documented

Partial type record

5 Pesos, National Bank of the United States of Colombia, Colombia, 1881 (Pick 142)

Heritage Auctions via Numista

banknotes

5 Pesos, National Bank of the United States of Colombia, Colombia, 1881 (Pick 142)

1881

This 5 Pesos note was issued in Colombia by the National Bank of the United States of Colombia, dated 1881. It belongs to the Peso decimalized (1847-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: United States of Colombia (Estados Unidos de Colombia) (1863-1886). and is printed on pap…

Documented

Partial type record

10 Pesos, National Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1886 (Pick 195)

Heritage Auctions via Numista

banknotes

10 Pesos, National Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1886 (Pick 195)

1886

This 10 Pesos note was issued in Colombia by the National Bank of the Republic of Colombia, dated 1886. It belongs to the Peso decimalized (1847-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1886-date). and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money list…

Documented

Partial type record

5 centavos from Colombia, 1886

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

5 centavos from Colombia, 1886

1886

Copper-nickel coin. Obverse: bust of a woman with headband, bearing the inscription: Libertad. Year at the bottom. Reverse: between two branches, value designation in two lines. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5273; its record gives material recorded as nickel (metal); technique…

Documented

Partial type record

5 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1915 (1931) (Pick 381)

Bank Note Museum via Numista

banknotes

5 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1915 (1931) (Pick 381)

1915 (1931)

This 5 Pesos note was issued in Colombia by the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, dated 1915 (1931). It belongs to the Peso decimalized (1847-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1886-date). It measures 150 × 75 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of W…

Documented

Partial type record

5 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1923 (Pick 363)

Bank Note Museum via Numista

banknotes

5 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1923 (Pick 363)

1923

This 5 Pesos note was issued in Colombia by the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, dated 1923. It belongs to the Peso decimalized (1847-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1886-date). It measures 135 × 70 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Pa…

Documented

Partial type record

5 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1932 (Pick 383)

Bank Note Museum via Numista

banknotes

5 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1932 (Pick 383)

1932

This 5 Pesos note was issued in Colombia by the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, dated 1932. It belongs to the Peso decimalized (1847-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1886-date). It measures 155 × 75 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Pa…

Documented

Partial type record

1 Peso, Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1953 (Pick 398)

gyoschak via Numista

banknotes

1 Peso, Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia, 1953 (Pick 398)

1953

This 1 Peso note was issued in Colombia by the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, dated 1953. It belongs to the Peso decimalized (1847-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1886-date). It measures 140 × 70 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Pap…

Documented

Partial type record

Entries by catalogue category

  • Banknotes6
  • Modern World Coins4
  • Postage Stamps2

Counts of published entries only. They describe this catalogue's holdings, not everything the issuer or maker produced.

Dated entries by century

  • 19th century8
  • 20th century4

Only the 12 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Paper6
  • Nickel2
  • Bronze1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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