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20 Centavos United States of Colombia
| Issuer | Colombia |
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| Year | 1886 |
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| Value | 20 Centavos (0.20 COP) |
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| Obverse description | Small left-facing draped bust of Liberty occupying the central field, her hair rendered in flowing curls falling to the neck. The circular legend ESTADOS UNIDOS DE COLOMBIA arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 1886 appears in the lower exergual area flanked by small five-pointed stars. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Mintage | 1886 - 0,500 - 1886 - 0,500 / 0,835 overstrike - |
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Colombia's federal Rionegro Constitution of 1863 created the loose confederation of sovereign states that became the United States of Colombia, but by 1886 that experiment was effectively over. The centralist regeneration movement under Rafael Núñez was dismantling the federalist structure, and the republic would be formally reconstituted as simply "República de Colombia" later that same year — making this issue one of the last struck under the old national title.
The .500 fineness was a deliberate reduction from earlier silver standards, reflecting chronic fiscal pressure on the Colombian treasury throughout the 1880s.