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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 11.5 g, .900 fine silver, .332 troy oz ASW. | + | ''Specification:'' 11.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .332 troy oz ASW. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM 161.5. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM 161.5. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:56, 12 September 2023
This silver fifty centavos, roughly equal to a half dollar, was struck in Potosi 1891-1900. It superseded a very similar coin (KM 161.4) issued 1884-91. This type is common tho varieties abound. The catalog mentions subtype KM 161.4 for 1891 but lists it as very rare. Assayer CB is recorded for 1890-94, 1897-99 and assayer ES for 1894-97.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 11.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .332 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 161.5.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1884 50 centavos
- 1893 5 centavos
- 1892 50 centavos
- Coins and currency dated 1891
- return to coins of Bolivia