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* [[Colombia 1973 1500 pesos Fr-132|1973 1500 pesos, gold museum]]
 
* [[Colombia 1973 1500 pesos Fr-132|1973 1500 pesos, gold museum]]
 
* [[Colombia 1973 2000 pesos|1973 2000 pesos, centennial of the birth of Guillermo Valencia]]
 
* [[Colombia 1973 2000 pesos|1973 2000 pesos, centennial of the birth of Guillermo Valencia]]
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* [[Colombia 1974 10 centavos|1974 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Colombia 1974 peso|1974 peso]]
 
* [[Colombia 1974 peso|1974 peso]]
 
* [[Colombia 1979 20 centavos|1979 20 centavos]]
 
* [[Colombia 1979 20 centavos|1979 20 centavos]]

Latest revision as of 14:02, 15 April 2025

from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This twenty centavos was struck in Bogotá, Colombia, a type issued 1971-78. It is common in all grades. The portrait is of Santander, not Bolivar as was previously customary. The SCWC assigns this issue a new catalog number but it is only a slight redesign of the type issued 1967-69 (KM 227) and that of 1969-70 (KM 237). This specimen is the 1973/1 overdate.

Recorded mintage: 41,440,000.

Specification: 4.5 g, nickel plated steel, 23.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 246.1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Almanzar, Alcedo, and Dale Seppa, Coins of Colombia, San Antonio, TX: 1973.
  • Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.

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