The following coins exist in Colombian currency: 50 pesos, 100 pesos, 200 pesos, 500 pesos, 1,000 pesos. This could be confusing, especially if you’re wary of being conned or short-changed. Both 50,000 pesos notes say “50 MIL PESOS”. For example, the new 2,000 pesos note just says “2 MIL PESOS” using the Spanish word for thousand. Notice that on the notes above, they don’t always include all the zeros. Both old and new are still accepted everywhere. Generally, the older version is a bit larger, and the newer versions are smaller and shinier. There are also two versions of all of the coins (except the 1,000 pesos coin). Here are two examples below of the 2,000 pesos notes and the 50,000 pesos notes: You are therefore likely to receive a combination of the two whenever you’re exchanging money or given change in shops and restaurants. So there are now two sets of notes circulating, both valid and accepted everywhere.
Just to make things easier for tourists(!), the Colombian government changed the design of the notes in 2017 without taking the old notes out of circulation. And needless to say, make sure you exchange all of your leftover Colombian pesos before leaving the country! There are now two versions of Colombian pesos The best thing to do is bring dollars or euros to exchange in Colombia (these are the currencies that will allow you to get the best exchange rates), or withdraw money from banks using your card. At the time of writing, £1 will buy you nearly $4,000 pesos, and at one point at the end of 2015, it went up to $5,000 pesos. To give you an example, when I moved to Colombia in 2013, there were $2,800 pesos to £1.00.
Most exchange bureaus won’t stock Colombian pesos (except, perhaps, in neighbouring countries like Venezuela and Ecuador) as it’s considered a volatile currency, with the exchange rate fluctuating on a daily basis. All those zeros (and a number of other issues) can make things pretty confusing! Here are a few things to keep in mind regarding Colombia currency: You can’t buy it abroad This means that if you wanted to change $1,000 US dollars, you’d receive about $3 million pesos. At the time of writing, there were about 3,000 pesos to the dollar. They had recently arrived in Bogota and had exchanged some dollars for Colombian pesos. I had a request recently from someone who wanted me to write a blog post about Colombia’s currency.
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