Currency of Colombia Notes of a new design appeared in 1888 for 10 centavos and 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 pesos, with 25 and 1000 added in 1895. During the civil war the government issued 28 new Banco Nacional note types and overprinted about 48 different private banknotes for circulation. Copper-nickel coin dated 1886–1902 Silver .666 fine dated 1897 or 1902 Silver .500 fine dated 1887–1888 Silver .835 fine dated 1889–1908 Peso oro = 100 Centavos Conversion: 1 peso oro = 100 paper pesos The conversion of paper into gold began 18 May 1905, at 100 paper pesos for one gold peso,
Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society The Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society is an organisation of gold trading firms in Hong Kong who are participants of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange, the first exchange in Hong Kong. The CGSES was formally established as an organisation in 1910. Its founders were immigrants from mainland China. It eventually stopped trading silver, but gold trading saw significant growth after 1974 when the government loosened legal restrictions, and by 1979 trading volume was roughly one million ounces per day, making it one of the world's four largest gold trading centres along with