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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common.
 
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''Specification:'' 2.3 g, .900 fine silver, .066 troy oz ASW.
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''Specification:'' 2.3 g, 0.900 fine silver, .066 troy oz ASW.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 158.3.
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 158.3.

Latest revision as of 20:55, 12 September 2023

from the Mountain Groan Collection
Bolivia 1886 10 centavos rev DSLR.jpg

This silver ten centavos, roughly equal to a dime, was struck in Potosi 1884-1900. It superseded similar ten centavos (KM 153.1-.3 and KM 158.1-.2) issued 1870-83. All types are fairly common tho varieties abound. Assayer FE is recorded for 1872-90.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 2.3 g, 0.900 fine silver, .066 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 158.3.

Source:

  • Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Bolivia, 1820-1970, San Antonio, TX: 1970.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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