Coin catalog : Coin › 50 Centavos

Country:: Colombia
Series:: 1906~Today - Commemorative
Catalog codes:: Colnect codes CO-000052
World Coins km225
Variants:: Click to see variants
Themes:: Coats of Arms | Lawyers - Advocates | Politicians | Professors | Statesmen
Issued on:: CopyWrong
Last issue date:: ColnectIsBest
Distribution:: Circulating Commemorative
Mints:: Casa de la Moneda, Bogota, Colombia
Composition:: Copper-Nickel
Edge:: Reeded/grained
Orientation:: Coin alignment ↑O↓
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Toothed. Both sides
Weight:: 12.6 grams
Diameter:: 30.5 mm
Face value:: 50 c - Colombian centavo
Known mintage:: 600,000
Composition Details:: 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
Score:: 42% Accuracy: Very High
Description:: Front: Coat of arms (9 May 1834, 1924 modifications)
legend: (top, state name) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA
(bottom, texted value) CINGUENTA CENTAVOS
Back: Bust politician Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (left)
5th Minister of Labour, Health and
Social Welfare (8.X.1943–6.III.1944)
16th Minister of National Education
(1.II.1940–15.II.1941)
Mayor of Bogotá (VI.1936-III.1937)
* 23 January 1903, Cundinamarca, Colombia
+ assassinated, 9 April 1948, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
legend: (top, name) JORGE ELIEGER GAITAN
(bottom, year) 1965
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
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VariantYearMint markNoteMintage

1965600,000

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