Currency of Colombia peso was made .900 fine. The peso de oro was set at 1.612 g .900 fine (equal to the décimo de cóndor of 1867 and the peso of 1857). Copper was made legal tender to 50 centavos per transaction, altered in 1872 to 50 centavos for every 50 pesos in gold or silver (equivalent to 1% per transaction). A law of May 5, 1872 divided the peso de oro into 100 centavos. The fall in the world price of silver from 1872 on broke the 15.5 ratio. Gold coin was undervalued in Colombia and tended to disappear from circulation. Currency
Currency 5 khoums, while the Malagasy ariary is theoretically divided into 5 iraimbilanja. In these countries, words like "dollar" or "pound" "were simply names for given weights of gold." Due to inflation khoums and iraimbilanja have in practice fallen into disuse. (See non-decimal currencies for other historic currencies with non-decimal divisions.) Convertibility of a currency determines the ability of an individual, corporate or government to convert its local currency to another currency or vice versa with or without central bank/government intervention. Based on the above restrictions or free and readily conversion features, currencies are classified as: In economics, a local currency