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What Is the New Commemorative Currency of 20,000 Colombian Pesos and Where to Get It?

Summary by El Pais
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the founding of Santa Marta, the Banco de la República issued a new commemorative coin of 20,000 Colombian pesos from July 11th. This piece honors the oldest city in the country and one of the first established in America. In addition to its symbolic and historical value, the coin has legal course, which means that it can be used as a means of payment for its face value, as well as any other in circulation.

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In the land where the Colombian Caribbean beats, a musical theme emerges that links generations and exalts the history of the region. Carlos Vives demonstrates the love for its roots through music. In ‘500’, the Colombian singer-songwriter seeks to pay tribute to the 500 years of Santa Marta, the city of origin. The theme brings together a powerful generation of Samarian artists, including Lalo Ebratt, Bomba Estéreo, Yera, Stereobeat, Laura Maré…

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To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the founding of Santa Marta, the Banco de la República issued a new commemorative coin of 20,000 Colombian pesos from July 11th. This piece honors the oldest city in the country and one of the first established in America. In addition to its symbolic and historical value, the coin has legal course, which means that it can be used as a means of payment for its face value, as well as any other in circulation.

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Carlos Vives presented this Monday “500”, a song composed and performed along with a new generation of artists from his native Santa Marta to commemorate the 500 years of the founding of that city, the oldest in Colombia. The musical project, which unites rhythms of the Caribbean, pop, Afrobeat, porro and indigenous sounds, was recorded in studios in Bogotá and Santa Marta, and brings together artists such as Lalo Ebratt, Bomba Estéreo, Yera, St…

Carlos Vives presented this Monday 500, a song composed and performed along with a new generation of artists from his native Santa Marta to commemorate the 500 years of the foundation of that city, the oldest in Colombia. The musical project, which unites rhythms of the Caribbean, pop, Afrobeat, porro and indigenous sounds, was recorded [...] The entry Carlos Vives launches 500, anthem to celebrate the fifth centenary of his native Santa Marta (…

Carlos Vives pays tribute to his hometown of Santa Marta on its 500th anniversary with '500'. To this end, Vives brought together a powerful generation of Santa Marta artists, including Lalo Ebratt, Bomba Estéreo, Yera, Estereobeat, Laura Maré, Olga Lucía Vives, L'Omy, Gloria Torres, Paola Lacera, Rashid Zawady, and the Arhuaco children, to create this musical work produced by Carlos Vives and Andrés Leal, with arrangements by Giovanni Caldas' B…

The event was part of the celebration for the 500th anniversary of the founding of Santa Marta, a milestone for this city that is positioned as the headquarters of high impact national events. In the central parade of the events commemorating the 215 years of independence participated about 2,000 members of the [...] The entrance Santa Marta hosted national event for the Independence Day of Colombia aparece primero en Vivir en El Poblado.

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El Tiempo broke the news in on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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