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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Republic of Colombia |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | DIEZ CENTAVOS LIBERTAD Y ORDEN G 2.500 BOGOTA LEY 0.666 |
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| Mintage | 1897 - - 2,642,000 |
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Colombia's late nineteenth-century fractional silver was produced against a backdrop of chronic fiscal instability and the political tensions that would culminate in the Thousand Days War beginning in 1899. The .666 fineness — well below sterling — reflects the compromises forced on the Bogotá mint as silver reserves and government revenues remained unreliable throughout the Regeneration period under the 1886 constitution.
KM#188 was struck at Bogotá. The reduced alloy standard had been established years earlier precisely to stretch available silver further during recurring monetary shortfalls.