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The Colombian peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. Its sign is the peso symbol ($).The exchange rate as of September 2004 is:
1 Coins
The available coin denominations are:
From 1997 to 2002 there was a $1000 coin, which was withdrawn from circulation due to massive counterfeiting. So widespread was this problem that at the time the withdrawal order was given,
bogus coins outnumbered legitimate ones.
2 Bills
The available bill denominations are:
As noted above, the $1000 note was withdrawn from circulation to be replaced by a coin; however, it was subsequently reintroduced, with a new design, due to the coin counterfeiting problem.
