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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Republic of Colombia |
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| Year | 1888-1908 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Liberty facing left, her hair swept back and tied with a ribbon inscribed LIBERTAD, with flowing locks falling behind the neck. The effigy is rendered in high relief in a classical allegorical style. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1907 positioned in the lower field beneath the bust. A dentilated border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | The national arms of Colombia displayed at center, featuring a shield divided into three sections: the upper portion bearing a condor with outstretched wings and a liberty cap, flanked by cornucopias; the middle section depicting the Isthmus of Panama with sea and sky; and the lower section showing a pomegranate. The shield is surmounted by a condor with spread wings perched atop a scroll inscribed LIBERTAD Y ORDEN. Flanking the shield are crossed flags and lances with tassels. The denomination CINCUENTA CENTAVOS arcs across the upper legend, while the mint name BOGOTA, weight G. 12,500, and fineness LEY 0,835 appear in the lower field and periphery. |
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Colombia's silver fractional coinage of this period was struck under chronic fiscal strain, with the government cycling through mint contracts between Bogotá and the Medellín facility as revenues from coffee exports proved too volatile to sustain consistent monetary policy. The 1886 constitution had just reorganized the republic from the United States of Colombia back to a centralized state, and restoring a credible national coinage was part of that consolidation — the previous federal system had allowed individual states to strike their own issues, a situation the Regeneración government under Núñez moved quickly to end.
Hernández distinguishes at least six die varieties across the emission period, primarily in the positioning of stars and minor legend spacing.