Bolivia 1919 5 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This copper-nickel five centavos was struck at the Heaton mint 1903, 1918-19 for Bolivia. It superseded the silver five centavos issued 1872-99. There is a very similar copper-nickel ten centavos (KM 174).

Recorded mintage: 4,370,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 173.1.

Source:

• Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Bolivia, 1820-1970, San Antonio, TX: 1970.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1908 5 centavos
• 1919 10 centavos
• 1935 5 centavos
• 1937 50 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1919
• return to coins of Bolivia