| Issuer | Bolivia |
| Year | 1893-1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | 5 Centavos (0.05) |
| Currency | First boliviano (1864-1963) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) |
| Weight | 2.5 g |
| Dimensions | 20.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.17 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 1951 |
| Reference(s) | KM#173, Schön#5 |
| Obverse description | Bolivian coat of arms within a beaded oval: the sun over two mountains (Cerro Rico and Cerro Menor in Potosi), a chapel, a palm tree, a wheat sheaf and a lama. Nine stars below which symbolize the nine departments. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE BOLIVIA (Translation: Republic of Bolivia) |
| Reverse description | Caduceus (a staff entwined by two serpents, surmounted by wings) divides denomination, olive sprays below, date at bottom. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | CINCO CENTAVOS
5 C
1908 (Translation: Five Cents 5 c 1908) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| Mintage | 1893 - KM#173.1, medal alignment - 2 500 000 1893 - KM#173.1, proof - 1895 - KM#173.2 - 2 000 000 1897 - KM#173.3 - 1 500 000 1899 - KM#173.1 - 2 000 000 1902 - KM#173.3 - 2 000 000 1907 - KM#173.3 - 2 000 000 1908 - KM#173.3 - 3 000 000 1909 - KM#173.1 - 4 000 000 1909 - KM#173.3 - 1918 - KM#173.1, medal alignment - 530 000 1919 - KM#173.1, medal alignment - 4 370 000 |
| Catalog ID | 2686353620 |
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