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10 Centavos divided legend
| Issuer | Colombia |
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| Year | 1969-1971 |
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| Currency | Peso decimalized (1847-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of General Francisco de Paula Santander, hero of Colombian independence and statesman. The effigy is rendered in a classic portrait style with the legend divided around the periphery of the field. The issuer name and date are inscribed in Latin characters along the upper and lower border respectively. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Colombia shifted from cupronickel to nickel-clad steel for this series as part of a broader cost-reduction measure affecting small-denomination coinage across Latin America in the late 1960s, driven by rising base metal prices. The "divided legend" designation distinguishes this type from its predecessor, a collector distinction that carries little practical weight but matters for KM attribution. Production ran across three mints during the period — Bogotá, and contracted foreign facilities — with minor die variations between them.