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Showing posts with label condor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label condor. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 January 2013

ECUADOR



The Republic of Ecuador is a country on the west coast of south America, between Colombia and Peru. Its capital city is Quito.In 1533 the Spanish took the area from the Incas and made Quito the seat of government for the whole area New Granada (now Colombia) , Venezuela, and Quito. In 1822 the 3 territories formed an area called Grand Colombia, then in 1830 Quito left and changed its name to the republic of Equator (Ecuador).
monitary units:

1 Sucre= 10 decimos = 100 centavos
1 Condor = 25 Sucres
1 dollar (US) = 25,000 sucres

The note above is a 1000 sucres from 1986, on the front is a picture of Ruminahui, an inca warrior, depicted in red. the reverse has a coat of arms.

Saturday, 5 January 2013

CHILE





The Republic Of Chile is a country that stretches from Peru all down the west coast of south america. It declared independence from Spain in 1810 but it was not ratified until 1818.  the Monetary system has changed quite a lot over the decades:

1 Peso + 100 Centavos
1 Condor = 100 Centavos
1 peso = 100 centavos
1 condor = 10 pesos ( up to 1960 )
1 Escudo = 100 Cantesimos ( 1960 - 1975)
1 peso = 100 "old " Escudos ( 1975 - onward )

 The two notes above are from the 1947 - 58 issue (ND) The blue one at the bottom is a 5 Pesos or a half (medio) condor which featured Bernardo O'Higgins, one of the founding fathers of Chile  A totally random thought just jumped into my head - why do we not have "founding Mothers" as well as fathers ??

The red note at the top is a 10 Peso or 1 Condor note this time having the portrait of Manuel Bulnes , two times president of Chile.