Viceroyalty of the Kingdom of New Granada (1549-1811, 1816-1822), United Provinces of New Granada (1811-1816), Republic of Gran Colombia (1819-1831), State of New Granada (1831-1843), Republic of New Granada (1843-1858), Granadine Confederation (1858-1860), United States of New Granada (1860-1861), United States of Colombia (1861-1885), Republic of Colombia (1885-present)
Spanish Colony (1549-1811, 1816-1822) Independent Country (1811-1816, 1819-1831)
Location: Northern South America
Capital City: Bogotá (1549-1816, 1816-present), Popayán (1816)
Government type: Colony of Spain (1549-1811, 1816-1822), Provisional Government (1811-1816), Republic (1819-present)
Main languages: Spanish
Main religions: Catholic Christianity
Chronology
1549: Spain creates New Granada
1810-1825: Colombian War of Independence
1811: United Provinces of New Granada independent
1816: Spanish reconquest
1819: Independence as Gran Colombia, in union with Ecuador and Venezuela
1822: Last Spanish holdouts defeated
1831: Gran Colombia collapses into its constituent parts, State of New Granada
1858: Federalization as Granadine Confederation
1861: Renamed to Colombia
1881: Spain recognizes Colombian independence
1885: Federal arrangement replaced with unitary state
Currency
Real (1616-1820)
1 Real = 4 Cuartillos • 1 Escudo = 16 Reales
First Peso (1810-1847)
1 Peso = 8 Reales = 32 Cuartillos • 1 Escudo = 2 Pesos = 16 Reales
Second Peso (1847-present)
1 Peso = 10 Decimos 40 Cuartillos = 100 Centavos
Coins from Colombia in the collection
United States of Colombia (1861-1885)
•2.5 Centavo, 1878 (silver (.666), Bogotá mint, KM#169)
•2.5 Centavo, 1881 (cupronickel, Scovill Manufacturing Company (Waterbury, CT), KM#179)
Republic of Colombia (1885-present)
•1 Centavo, 1967 (copper-plated steel, Bogotá mint, KM#205a)
•1 Centavo, 1969 (copper-plated steel, Bogotá mint, KM#205a)
•1 Centavo, 1970 (copper-plated steel, Bogotá mint, KM#205a)
•2 Centavo, 1921 (cupronickel, KM#L10) Leper colony coin
•5 Centavo, 1946 (cupronickel, Medellin mint, KM#199)
•10 Centavo, 1941 (silver (.900), Heaton mint (Birmingham), KM#199)
•10 Centavo, 1954 (cupronickel, Bogotá mint, KM#212)
•10 Centavo, 1972 (nickel-plated steel, Bogotá mint, KM#253)
•20 Centavo, 1959 (cupronickel, Bogotá mint, KM#215)
•20 Centavo, 1970 (nickel-plated steel, Bogotá mint, KM#237)
•20 Centavo, 1974 (nickel-plated steel, Bogotá mint, KM#246.1)
•50 Centavo, 1914 (silver (.900), Bogotá and Heaton mints, KM#193)
•50 Centavo, 1964 (nickel-plated steel, KM#228)
•1 Peso, 1974 (nickel brass, Stuttgart mint, KM#258.1)
•2 Peso, 1978 (cupronickel, Bogotá mint, KM#263)
•5 Peso, 1968 (cupronickel, Bogotá mint, KM#230) Commemorative: 39th International Eucharistic Conference
•10 Peso, 1981 (nickel brass, Bogotá mint, KM#270)
•20 Peso, 1987 (aluminum bronze, Bogotá mint, KM#271)
•50 Peso, 1991 (nickel brass, Ibagué mint, KM#283)
•100 Peso, 1995 (aluminum bronze, KM#285.2)
•100 Peso, 2012 (aluminum bronze, KM#285.2)
•100 Peso, 2016 (brass-plated steel, Ibagué and St. Petersburg mints, KM#296)
•200 Peso, 1994 (nickel brass, Ibagué mint, KM#287)
•200 Peso, 2015 (nickel brass, Warsaw mint, KM#297)
•500 Peso, 2003 (aluminum bronze center in nickel brass ring, Ibagué mint, KM#286)
•500 Peso, 2004 (aluminum bronze center in nickel brass ring, Ibagué mint, KM#286)
•500 Peso, 2016 (aluminum bronze center in nickel brass ring, Ibagué mint, KM#298)
Banknotes from Colombia in the collection
Republic of Colombia (1885-present)
•1 Peso, 1971 (P#404)
•1,000 Peso, 2008 (P#456)