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100 Pesos Battle of Boyaca
| Issuer | Colombia |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Three-quarter facing bust of a uniformed military figure in the central field, flanked by the commemorative dates 1819 and 1969 above the portrait. The Colombian national coat of arms appears at the top of the field beneath the arc of the legend. The inscription LEY 0,900 and the mint name PARIS appear in small lettering below the bust, with the denomination 100 PESOS rendered in large characters along the lower periphery. The legend CAMPAÑA LIBERTADORA arcs along the upper border, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Liberation Campaign. |
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| Mintage | 1969 B - Proof - 6,000 1969 NI - Proof - |
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Issued to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Boyacá, the engagement on August 7, 1819 that effectively secured New Granada's independence from Spain. Simón Bolívar's forces, with decisive cavalry support from General Francisco de Paula Santander, routed a royalist column at the bridge over the Teatinos River — the victory opened the road to Bogotá within days.
Colombia's gold commemorative program of this period was modest in mintage and aimed largely at international collectors rather than domestic circulation.