Currency of Colombia but was received without limit by public offices. The law also made old Colombian coins legal tender at face value, and it prohibited the import of any silver coin less than .835 fine or any gold coin less than .900 fine. Gold and silver coin of France, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland was accepted by public offices. In 1863 the Treasury issued notes for 5, 10, and 20 centavos and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 pesos, adding a 3 peso note in 1869. The State of Panama issued notes between 1867 and 1880. A branch of the "London, México
Portuguese Timorese escudo banknotes, below) may have been due to the exchange rate from the previous currency. The 10 and 30 centavos were struck in bronze, the 60 centavos and 1 escudo in cupro-nickel, and the 3 and 6 escudos in silver. In 1964, a silver 10 escudos was introduced, followed, in 1970, by more conventional denominations of 20 and 50 centavos, 1, 2½, 5 and 10 escudos. The 20 and 50 centavos and 1 escudo were struck in bronze, with the higher denominations struck in cupro-nickel. The first banknotes, dated 1959, were in denominations of 30, 60, 100 and 500 escudos. In