Colombian Peso in Central African Franc

COP Colombian Peso

Country of application:
Colombia, Venezuela

Coin denominations in circulation:
50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 dollars.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
2000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000 US dollars.

History reference:
The Colombian Peso is the official currency of the Republic of Colombia. The peso became the Colombian coin in 1810. In 1837, the peso began to replace the real. Then for one peso they gave 8 reais. ...In 1847, Colombia revised the value of the peso, which began to be valued at 10 reais. In 1853, the real was renamed desimo, which means "tenth" in Spanish. In 1903, the Central Bank of Colombia set a fixed rate on the British pound sterling, according to which 5 pesos were equal to 1 pound. In 1931, Great Britain abandoned the gold standard, in the same year the Colombian pesos also moved away from the gold-currency equivalent standard. Later, in different periods of the existence of the state, the peso experienced several devaluations caused by economic crises in the country.

XAF Central African Franc

Country of application:
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 100, 500 francs.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000 francs.

History reference:
The national official currency of Cameroon is the CFA franc BEAC, the franc of financial cooperation in Central Africa, or the Central African franc (international designation XAF). The Central Afric...an franc is the currency of thirteen African countries in the French franc currency area. The XAF has its origins in Frances African colonial empire. France ruled most of West and Central Africa from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. In 1910, the French government established the French Equatorial Africa, which was a federation of French colonial possessions in Equatorial Africa, stretching north from the Congo River to the Sahel.