20 Pesos

Features

Issuer	Colombia
Period	Republic (1886-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1982-1989
Value	20 Pesos 20 COP = USD 0.0049
Currency	Peso decimalized (1847-date)
Composition	Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel)
Weight	6.1 g
Diameter	24.5 mm
Thickness	1.6 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 2303
References	KM# 271 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Poporo Quimbaya in the center. Issuer name above and date to the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA
POPORO QUIMBAYA MUSEO DEL ORO

Translation:
Republic of Colombia
Poporo Quimbaya Gold Museum

Reverse

The value within a wreath

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
PESOS

Edge

Smooth

Mint

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

Comments

Poporo Quimbaya. Its primary use was as a ceremonial device for chewing of coca leaves during religious ceremonies. It was made around 300 B.C. It is used to carry the lime to the mouth while chewing coca leaves. Exhibited in the Gold Museum in Bogotá, Colombia, it has been depicted in the Colombian currency, in coins and bills.

Although Krause shows mintage numbers for 1986, this coin was not issued with that year.

There are lettering varieties for 1984. The 2 may have a straight leg or curved:

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
ND	18 300 000								0.3%	esta moneda NO se acuño
1982		$ 0.10	$ 0.19	$ 0.23	$ 0.42	$ 0.42	$ 0.97		46%
1984	64 066 000		$ 0.22	$ 0.32	$ 0.33	$ 0.38			35%
1985	100 690 000	$ 0.10	$ 0.28	$ 0.46	$ 0.53	$ 0.53			27%
1987	70 000 000				$ 0.36	$ 0.50			18%
1988	72 002 490				$ 0.30	$ 0.46	$ 0.57	$ 0.93	18%
1989	20 165 000				$ 0.53	$ 0.57			7%

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