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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Peru |
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| Year | 1942-1944 |
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| Value | 10 Centavos (0.10 PEH) |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 CENTAVOS |
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| Mintage | 1942 - KM#214a.1 `MIL NOVECIENTOS CUARENTA Y DOS`; Philadelphia mint - 2,000,000 1942 - KM#214a.3 `UN MIL NOVECIENTOS CUARENTIDOS`; Lima mint - 1942 S - KM#214a.2 `MIL NOVECIENTOS CUARENTA Y DOS`; San Francisco mint - 2,000,000 1943 - KM#214a.1 `MIL NOVECIENTOS CUARENTA Y TRES`; Philadelphia mint; Minted in 1944 - 2,000,000 1943 S - KM#214a.2 `MIL NOVECIENTOS CUARENTA Y TRES`; San Francisco mint - 2,000,000 1944 - KM#214a.1 `MIL NOVECIENTOS CUARENTA Y CUATRO`; Philadelphia mint - 2,000,000 1944 - KM#214a.4 `MIL NOVECIENTOS CUARENTICUATRO`; Lima mint - |
| Additional information |
Peru's shift to brass for this type in 1942 was a direct consequence of wartime metal rationing — copper and zinc were more available domestically than the silver alloys previously used for smaller denominations, and the Allied war effort had created global shortages of strategic metals that disrupted coinage programs across Latin America. The transition was abrupt enough that KM#214 and KM#214a were struck in overlapping years.