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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 | + | 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:'' | + | ''Recorded mintage:'' 2,000,000. |
| − | ''Specification:'' 2. | + | ''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]] | ||
| + | * [[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
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.
- 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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