5 Centavos

Features

Issuer	Colombia
Period	Republic (1886-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1967-1979
Value	5 Centavos (0.05 COP)
Currency	Peso decimalized (1847-date)
Composition	Copper clad steel
Weight	3.25 g
Diameter	21.2 mm
Thickness	1.45 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 5571 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	KM# 206a, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 5 more volumes. Schön# 27a, Gerhard Schön; 2018. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (46. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes. Hernández# 384, Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2013. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia : colonia y república 1616 a 2013 (6^th edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia. Restrepo# 372 Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia : Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4^th edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia.

Obverse

Jacobin liberty cap within a laurel wreath, symbolizing the won freedom and the country name above and date below.

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA
LIBERTAD
1967

Translation:
Republic of Colombia
Liberty
1967

Reverse

Coffee bean sprigs flank denomination, cornucopia above.

Lettering:
V
CENTAVOS

Translation:
Five
Centavos

Edge

Plain

Mint

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

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1967	10 280 000	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.31	$ 0.43	30%	Restrepo#372.1
1968	8 900 000			$ 0.24	$ 0.35			15%	Restrepo#372.2
1969	17 800 000	$ 0.10	$ 0.16	$ 0.21	$ 0.26			17%	Restrepo#372.3
1970	14 842 000			$ 0.23	$ 0.26	$ 0.98	$ 0.98	27%	Restrepo#372.4
1971	10 730 000			$ 0.10	$ 0.51			12%	Restrepo#372.5
1972	10 170 000							10%	Restrepo#372.6
1973	10 525 000			$ 0.30	$ 0.30			15%	Restrepo#372.7
1974	5 310 000			$ 0.08	$ 0.52			13%	Restrepo#372.8
1975	5 631 000			$ 0.45	$ 0.66			10%	Restrepo#372.9
1976	3 009 000			$ 0.23	$ 0.31			9%	Restrepo#372.10
1977	2 000 000							2%	Restrepo#372.11
1978	468 000			$ 0.33	$ 0.50	$ 0.50		16%	Restrepo#372.12
1979	8 087 000							0.7%	not mentioned in national catalogs

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