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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Colombia |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos (0.50 COP) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Liberty facing left, her hair elegantly swept back and tied with a ribbon bow, bearing the word LIBERTAD inscribed diagonally across the hair band. The legend REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA curves along the upper periphery, while the date 1902 appears in the lower exergue. The entire design is contained within a finely beaded border. The effigy is rendered in a naturalistic, high-relief classical style characteristic of late 19th-century American engraving. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The 1902 date places this coin squarely within the Thousand Days War, the devastating civil conflict between Liberal and Conservative factions that killed roughly 100,000 Colombians and left the national treasury in ruins. Coin production during this period was severely disrupted, with some issues struck under conditions of institutional near-collapse. Colombia lost Panama to secession just one year later, partly because the government was too financially and militarily exhausted from the war to contest it.