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This bi-metallic 500 pesos is of a type issued for [[Colombia]] starting in 2012. The obverse displays a glass frog. For 2017, the mintage contract was divided between the government facility in Ibaque and the Kremnica mint in Czechoslovakia. As of October 2021, US$1 = 3,792 Colombian pesos, giving this coin a value of about 13 cents.

''Recorded mintage:'' 159,000,000 (Ibague + Kremnica).

''Specification:'' 7.14 g, bimetallic (aluminum bronze center in copper-nickel-zinc ring), 23.7 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 298.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

''Link to:''
* [[Colombia 2012 500 pesos KM-298|2012 500 pesos, glass frog]]
* [[Colombia 2017 100 pesos|2017 100 pesos, ''frailejon'']]
* [[Colombia 2017 200 pesos|2017 200 pesos, scarlet macaw]]
* [[Colombia 2017 1000 pesos|2017 1000 pesos, sea turtle]]
* [[Colombia 2019 50 pesos|2019 50 pesos, spectacled bear]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2017]]

[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

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