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Currency in Colombia, 1850-1923

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  • Javer Mejía

    (Stanford University)

  • José Parra-Montoya

    (Universidad de Antioquía)

Abstract

Before the creation of Banco de la República in 1923, several currencies actively circulated in Colombia. The information on them is distributed across widespread sources. This represents a structural limitation for long-term analyses of the economy of the period. This paper addresses this issue by systematizing the information available on all those Colombian currencies between 1850 and 1923. It provides a table of exchange rates to convert amounts between any two currencies during the period, thus generating a useful tool for economic historians of the region. KEY Classification-JEL: N16; N26

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  • Javer Mejía & José Parra-Montoya, 2022. "Currency in Colombia, 1850-1923," Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, Asociación Española de Historia Económica, vol. 18(02), pages 136-141.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahe:invest:v:18:y:2022:i:02:p:136-141
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    Keywords

    Currency; Colombia; 19th century; History; Exchange rate;
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    JEL classification:

    • N16 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • N26 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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