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1500 Pesos International Eucharistic Congress
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Colombia |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Value | 1500 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Pope Paul VI facing left occupies the central field, with a detailed view of the Bogotá Cathedral rendered in relief to the left of the effigy. To the right of the bust appears a circular Eucharistic congress emblem featuring a stylized cross motif. The circumferential legend reads REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA and XXXIX CONGRESO EUCARISTICO INTERNACIONAL, with BOGOTA and the date 1968 inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Mintage | 1968 B - - 5,722 1968 B - Proof - 8,000 1968 NI - Proof, mintage included in B - |
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Colombia hosted the 39th International Eucharistic Congress in Bogotá in August 1968 — the same visit that brought Pope Paul VI to South America for the first time, making it the first papal visit to the continent in history. The Congress drew an estimated one million pilgrims to Bogotá and was the organizing event behind a burst of Colombian commemorative coinage that year.
At 64.50 grams of .900 gold, this is among the heaviest coins the Casa de Moneda issued in the twentieth century. Struck in a limited commemorative run, examples rarely show handling wear but frequently exhibit bag marks consistent with bulk storage rather than circulation.