Currency of Venezuela then closed for good (October 1830). copper: silver: Peso (Peso sencillo) = 8 Reales = 100 Centavos or 80 Centavos fuertes Peso fuerte = 10 Reales = 100 Centavos fuertes (from 1832) The currency in 1830 was chaotic. Circulation consisted of old silver macuquina minted at Caracas under both royalists and republicans and of silver and gold coin from the various American states, especially from Colombia. Good quality silver coin tended to disappear from circulation (being used to pay for imports). Macuquina and worn coin remained to serve retail trade. The government published a table December 30, 1830 fixing the
Currency of Ecuador centavos). The 1898 law also made the sovereign legal tender. A subsequent decree (October 29, 1908) authorized a gold 1/5 cóndor and vellón coins (75% copper, 25% nickel) of 1/2, 1, 2, and 5 centavos. "Banco del Ecuador" and "Banco Comercial y Agricola" continued issuing. They were joined by two new issuing banks. "Banco del Pichincha", Quito, issued notes for 1, 5, 10, and 20 sucres from 1906. A second issue was for 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 & 100 sucres. "Banco del Azuay", Cuenca, issued notes from 1913 for 1, 2, 5, and 10 sucres. copper-nickel, Heaton mint, dated