1 Décimo de Real

Colombia's 1847–1848 copper décimos were struck under the government of Nueva Granada, a short-lived republic that existed between the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1831 and the proclamation of the Granadine Confederation in 1858. The Bogotá mint had long resisted copper coinage — silver was the prestige metal of the Andes — and these small-denomination pieces were introduced largely to address the chronic shortage of fractional currency crippling everyday commerce in the interior provinces.

The Hernández reference catalogues two distinct die varieties for this type, distinguished primarily by differences in the lettering punch and border treatment.