Bolivia 1937 50 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This copper-nickel fifty centavos struck for Bolivia was rejected as too similar to the ten centavos (KM 180), as a result of which most were melted. The coin is now rather scarce. A larger coin ordered in 1939 (KM 182) was more acceptable.

Recorded mintage: 8,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 181.

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:

• 1872 boliviano
• 1890 5 centavos
• 1907 10 centavos
• 1919 5 centavos
• 1935 5 centavos
• 1937 10 centavos
• 1939 50 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1937
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