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[[Image:PER_1879_5centavos-obv.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | [[Image:PER_1879_5centavos-obv.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | ||
[[Image:PER_1879_5centavos-rev.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | [[Image:PER_1879_5centavos-rev.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Peru 1879 5 centavos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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Revision as of 21:46, 5 September 2023
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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