Colombia 1933-B 50 centavos
This specimen was lot 45663 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 50 Centavos, 1933-B. Bogota Mint. NGC MS-64." This fifty centavos was struck in Bogotá, Colombia, of a type issued 1912-23 and 1931-33. This type, with the portrait of hero Simon Bolivar, superseded the liberty head type last struck in 1908. The date is common. The Medellin mint also issued this type in 1933, using slightly different dies. The minting of silver fifty centavos ceased in 1935 and when resumed in 1947, the new type was only 0.500 fine. To the delight and despair of collectors, the half dollars of Colombia come in a profusion of dates, styles, varieties and errors and form a collecting specialty all their own.
Recorded mintage: 1,000,000, including 1933/13 and 1933/23 overdates.
Specification: 12.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 30 mm diameter, edge lettered DIOS LEI LIBERTAD.
Catalog reference: KM-193.1.
- Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Colombia, San Antonio, TX: 1973.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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