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2 Décimos
| Issuer | Colombia |
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| Year | 1866-1867 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#149a, Hernández#226-228 |
| Obverse description | The shield of the Colombian coat of arms, depicting a condor with outstretched wings at the crest above a divided escutcheon, is centrally positioned within an open laurel and olive wreath tied at the base. Nine five-pointed stars are arranged in a arc along the lower field beneath the wreath. The circular legend ESTADOS UNIDOS DE COLOMBIA curves along the upper periphery in raised Latin letters. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Colombia's decimal coinage system, introduced in 1863 following the establishment of the Granadine Confederation's successor state — the United States of Colombia — required a rapid retooling of the Bogotá mint. The .835 fineness used here was a deliberate alignment with contemporary Latin American monetary conventions, particularly those emerging from Chilean and Peruvian standards, as regional governments were actively negotiating the possibility of a unified South American monetary union that never materialized.
The two-year window of this issue reflects production instability at the mint during a period of intense federalist conflict among Colombia's nine sovereign states.