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5 Centavos Independence

Features

Issuer Colombia
Period Republic (1886-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coins
Year 1960
Value 5 Centavos
0.05 COP = USD 0.000014
Currency Peso decimalized (1847-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (95% Copper, 5% Nickel)
Weight 3.95 g
Diameter 21.0 mm
Thickness 1.55 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
14517
References KM# 220
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Schön# 45
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).
, Hernández# 383
Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.
, Restrepo# 371
Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia: Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4th Edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia.

Commemorative issue

150th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of Colombia

Obverse

Phrygian cap within wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA
LIBERTAD
1810-1960

Translation:
Republic of Colombia
Liberty

Reverse

Cornucopia (horn of plenty) above denomination, coffee bean sprigs on the sides.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
V
CENTAVOS

Edge

Plain

Mint

Bogota Mint (Casa de Moneda de Bogotá), Santa Fe de Bogota, modern-day Bogota, Colombia (1620-1987)

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1960  400 000 $ 5.40 $ 6.80 $ 22

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