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50.000 Pesos Gorgona Island Park
| Issuer | Colombia |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper-nickel |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA de COLOMBIA 2025 ВБ ISLA GORGONA (Translation: Republic of Colombia Gorgona Island VB (ВБ = VB, Vitaly Bakhtinov)) |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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Gorgona Island spent nearly three decades as Colombia's most feared maximum-security prison, operational from 1959 until its closure in 1984 under pressure from human rights organizations. The isolation that made it ideal for incarceration — strong currents, sharks, and no viable escape route — is the same geography that preserved its rainforest and reef ecosystems intact enough to warrant national park designation the following year.
Colombia's national park coin series has leaned heavily on silver-plated issues since the mid-2010s, threading commemorative ambition through a modest production budget.