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                                  EXHIBIT 23.1


                     CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 28, 2000 relating to the
consolidated financial statements which appear in the 1999 Annual Report to
Shareholders of The Colonial BancGroup, Inc., which is incorporated in The
Colonial BancGroup, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999.



PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Montgomery, Alabama
October 5, 2000



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