50 Centavos Leprosarium Coinage

Features

Location Colombia
Period Republic (1886-date)
Type Confinement tokens › Leper colony token
Year 1901
Value 50 Centavos (0.50 COP)
Currency Peso decimalized (1847-date)
Composition Brass
Weight 12.4 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
24867
References KM# L5,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Hernández# 307
Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia : Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 (8th edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.

Obverse

Coat of arms in the center, with the denomination above it and the mintmark below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CINCUENTA CENTAVOS
* BOGOTA *

Translation:
Fifty Centavos
Bogota

Reverse

Issuer name above a rounded cross. "LAZARETO" within the cross, and the date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA
LAZARETO
* 1901 *

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Bogota Casa de Moneda de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (1620-1987)

Comments

Note: Weight varies between 12 and 12.4 grams.

Special coinage for use in the three government leper colonies ("Lazaretos" in Spanish) of Agua de Dios, Cano de Lord, and Contratacion.
The hospitals were closed in the late 1950s and patients were allowed to exchange these special coins for regular currency at any bank.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1901 B 26 000

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