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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Colombia |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the Colombian national coat of arms displaying a condor with spread wings perched atop a shield, flanked by national symbols. The encircling legend reads REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA along the upper periphery, with the denomination CINCUENTA CENTAVOS inscribed along the lower periphery. The design is rendered in a bold relief typical of mid-twentieth century Latin American coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the Colombian political leader, occupying the central field in moderate relief. The legend JORGE ELIECER GAITAN arcs along the upper periphery above the effigy, while the date 1965 is inscribed in the lower exergual area below the bust. The portrait is presented in a plain, unadorned style characteristic of commemorative-inspired circulation coinage of the period. |
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Colombia's 50 centavos coinage of this period was produced against a backdrop of sustained inflation that had been eroding the purchasing power of smaller denominations since the 1940s. By the mid-1960s, the 50 centavos piece was already losing practical relevance in daily commerce, yet the Banco de la República continued issuing it through the decade before the denomination was eventually abandoned.
KM#225 is notable for its relatively heavy specification — a consequence of earlier monetary policy decisions that had not yet been revised downward to reflect the coin's diminished real value.