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1/2 Céntimo Pattern
| Issuer | Peru |
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| Year | 1855 |
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| Weight | 5.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a radiant sun with a facing human visage at its center, surrounded by six pronounced pointed rays alternating with shorter radiating lines, evoking a star-like form. The sun rests above a low horizon or base element in the lower field. The encircling legend REPUBLICA PERUANA runs along the periphery in raised Latin lettering, divided on either side of the central device. |
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| Mintage | 1855 LIMA |
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Peru's decimal coinage reform of the 1850s required extensive pattern trials before any new denomination entered production. This half-céntimo piece was part of that experimental phase — the denomination itself was ultimately never adopted for circulation, making the pattern series the only physical evidence that the denomination was ever seriously considered. KM#Pn6 is one of several copper trials from 1855 attributable to this reform push, likely struck at limited numbers for official review.