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2 Centavos
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Colombia |
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| Year | 1948-1950 |
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| Weight | 3.0 g |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Liberty at centre, wearing a Phrygian cap inscribed LIBERTAD, set within an open wreath of laurel branches tied with a ribbon bow at the base. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA arcs along the upper periphery, while the date appears in the lower field below the wreath, flanked by small decorative stops. A fine toothed border frames the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA 1948 (Translation: Republic of Colombia 1948) |
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Colombia's 2 centavos copper issues of this period were produced at a moment when the country was sliding into La Violencia — the undeclared civil war between Liberal and Conservative factions that would ultimately kill an estimated 200,000 people between 1948 and 1958. The assassination of Liberal leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on April 9, 1948, triggered the Bogotazo riots, briefly disrupting operations across Bogotá, including at the Casa de Moneda itself.
Circulation of low-denomination copper in rural areas was frequently interrupted during these years by the practical collapse of normal commerce in conflict zones.