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This copper-nickel fifty centavos struck for [[Bolivia]] was rejected as too similar to the ten centavos ([[Bolivia 1937 10 centavos|KM 180]]), as a result of which most were melted. The coin is now rather scarce. A larger coin ordered in 1939 (KM 182) was more acceptable.
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This copper-nickel fifty centavos struck for [[Bolivia]] was rejected as too similar to the ten centavos ([[Bolivia 1937 10 centavos|KM 180]]), as a result of which most were melted. The coin is now rather scarce. A larger coin ordered in 1939 ([[Bolivia 1939 50 centavos|KM 182]]) was more acceptable.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 8,000,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 8,000,000.
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* [[Bolivia 1939 50 centavos|1939 50 centavos]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1937]]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:08, 22 July 2023

from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This copper-nickel fifty centavos struck for Bolivia was rejected as too similar to the ten centavos (KM 180), as a result of which most were melted. The coin is now rather scarce. A larger coin ordered in 1939 (KM 182) was more acceptable.

Recorded mintage: 8,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 181.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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