Colombia 1938-B 5 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This five centavos was struck for Colombia in Philadelphia (no mintmark) and Bogotá ("B", shown here), of a type issued 1918-50. This type overlaps the later copper liberty cap type issued 1942-79. The earlier dates were struck at the Philadelphia mint, the later ones in Bogotá, leading to a flurry of repunched date varieties. The type is not so common in nice condition as the low catalog value would suggest.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 4 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 199.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Colombia, San Antonio, TX: 1973.
• Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.

Links to:

• 1935 5 centavos
• 1938 centavo
• 1938 2 centavos
• 1938 20 centavos
• 1938 10 centavos
• 1941-B 5 centavos
• 1947 centavo
• Coins and currency dated 1938
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