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[[Image:PER_1879_5centavos-rev.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]]
 
[[Image:PER_1879_5centavos-rev.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]]
  
The specimen shown was struck in Brussels for [[Peru]] in 1879 as a replacement for the normal silver half dinero during the War of the Pacific against Chile and for a mass of depreciated paer notes. Similar copper-nickel [[Peru 1880 10 centavos|ten]] and [[Peru 1879 20 centavos|twenty centavos]] were also emitted. The issue of the silver half dinero, which ceased in 1864, resumed on a regular basis in 1890 and continued until 1917.
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The specimen shown was struck in Brussels for [[Peru]] in 1879 as a replacement for the normal silver half dinero during the War of the Pacific against Chile and for a mass of depreciated paper notes. Similar copper-nickel [[Peru 1880 10 centavos|ten]] and [[Peru 1879 20 centavos|twenty centavos]] were also emitted. The issue of the silver half dinero, which ceased in 1864, resumed on a regular basis in 1890 and continued until 1917.
  
''Recorded mintage:'' 12,000,000.
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''Recorded mintage:'' 2,000,000.
  
''Specification:'' 2.5 g, copper-nickel, 17 mm diameter, plain edge.
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''Specification:'' 2.48 g, copper-nickel, 17 mm diameter, plain edge.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 197.
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 197.
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* [[Peru 1879 10 centavos|1879 10 centavos provisional]]
 
* [[Peru 1879 10 centavos|1879 10 centavos provisional]]
 
* [[Peru 1879 20 centavos|1879 20 centavos provisional]]
 
* [[Peru 1879 20 centavos|1879 20 centavos provisional]]
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* [[Peru 1880 5 centavos|1880 5 centavos provisional]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1879]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1879]]
 
* return to coins of [[Peru]]
 
* return to coins of [[Peru]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from the Acanthite collection]]
 
[[Category:Selections from the Acanthite collection]]

Revision as of 22:54, 29 January 2021

from the Acanthite collection
from the Acanthite collection

The specimen shown was struck in Brussels for Peru in 1879 as a replacement for the normal silver half dinero during the War of the Pacific against Chile and for a mass of depreciated paper notes. Similar copper-nickel ten and twenty centavos were also emitted. The issue of the silver half dinero, which ceased in 1864, resumed on a regular basis in 1890 and continued until 1917.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 2.48 g, copper-nickel, 17 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 197.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Yabar Acuña, Francisco, Monedas Fiduciaras del Peru, 1822-2000, Lima, 2001.

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