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30 000 Pesos Bolivar
| Issuer | Banco de la República (Colombia) |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#269 |
| Obverse description | Central field depicts a detailed historical scene commemorating the death of Simón Bolívar, showing the Liberator lying in state on a draped deathbed, attended by several mourning figures including civilian and military dignitaries, with lit candles and a bookcase visible in the background. The composition is rendered in high relief with finely detailed engraving consistent with proof striking. The curved legend REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA - SANTA MARTA runs along the upper periphery, while the inscription MUERTE DEL LIBERTADOR / DICIEMBRE 17 appears in the lower field, with the commemorative dates 1830 - 1980 along the bottom rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Colombia issued this coin to commemorate Simón Bolívar, but the timing matters: 1980 placed it squarely within a period when the Colombian government was aggressively using commemorative gold issues as both prestige objects and hard-currency instruments, often sold directly to foreign buyers and collector markets rather than circulated domestically. The 34.58g gold weight was not arbitrary — it was calibrated to align with existing international bullion coin conventions, making the piece tradeable on commodity terms.
KM#269 is sometimes confused with earlier Bolívar commemoratives in the series; the 1980 date distinguishes it from the 1969 issues struck for the sesquicentennial of his death.