View source for Colombia 1858-B peso

[[Image:Colombia 1858 peso obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
[[Image:Colombia 1858 peso rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]]

The specimen shown is a peso from the Bogotá mint, one of a type struck 1855-59 while the country was known as "Nueva Granada."  The design was changed 1859-61 to read "Granadine Confederation."  The specimen shown here is the overdate, 1858/7, and is awarded a slight premium.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .7234 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 118.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, ''Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006,'' Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.

''Link to:''
* [[Colombia 1855-B peso|1855-B peso]]
* [[Colombia 1858-B 1/4 real|1858-B ¼ real]]
* [[Colombia 1858-P 1/4 real|1858-P ¼ real]]
* [[Colombia 1858-B decimo|1858-B décimo]]
* [[Colombia 1858/7-B 2 decimos|1858/7-B 2 décimos]]
* [[Colombia 1858-P 2 pesos|1858-P 2 pesos]]
* [[Colombia 1858-B 5 pesos|1858-B 5 pesos]]
* [[Colombia 1858-B 10 pesos|1858-B 10 pesos]]
* [[Colombia 1858-P 10 pesos|1858-P 10 pesos]]
* [[Colombia 1859-B peso KM-126|1859-B peso]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1858]]
* return to coins of [[Colombia]]

[[Category: Silver pesos of Latin America]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]