Currency of Colombia that the bank no longer existed). The period 1899–1903 witnessed revolution, civil war (the Thousand Days War of 1899–1902), inflation, and depreciation. There were numerous note issues of various kinds. Then calm slowly returned. A law of 25 October 1903 prohibited new paper money issues, permitted payment in gold to be stipulated in contracts, and reintroduced the gold peso ("peso oro"), equal to 100 paper pesos, effective 1 January 1904. Outstanding notes were absorbed by auction sales of gold. "El Banco Nacional de la República de Colombia" issued notes in 1886 for 50 centavos and 1, 5, and 10 pesos.
Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Spain) the other in Burgos. Silver 2000-peseta coins have been minted every year since 1994. Each year a €12 silver coin is released to continue this tradition in the new currency. The first of such was in 2002 celebrating Spain’s presidency of the E.U. Each of the participating countries issues a sister coin dedicated to a particular theme. Each coin also depicts the coat of arms of the other countries. The participants are Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru & Portugal. In 2003 the 5th series was released the theme was "Sailing", this was later followed by the 6th