Bolivia 1942 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

from the Acanthite Collection

This coin is a one year type and is seldom seen. Like most zinc coins, nice specimens are scarce. It superseded copper-nickel issues of 1937 and 1939. No coins were issued for Bolivia between 1951 and the reform of 1965.

Recorded mintage: 10,000,000.

Specification: 1.75 g, zinc, 17.9 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 179a.

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:

• 1939 10 centavos
• 1942 20 centavos
• 1942 50 centavos
• 1951-H 5 bolivianos
• 1965 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1942
• return to coins of Bolivia