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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco de la República (Colombia) |
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| Year | 1967-1969 |
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| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA • 1968 • (Translation: Republic of Colombia) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Colombia's shift to nickel-plated steel for this issue was driven by chronic shortages of cupronickel blanks and mounting pressure on the central bank's metal procurement budget through the mid-1960s. The Banco de la República had been navigating foreign exchange restrictions severe enough to make imported alloy coinage increasingly untenable. Nickel-plated steel was the pragmatic exit.
KM#228 has a known susceptibility to plating delamination, particularly along the rim — a direct consequence of the electroplating tolerances used at the Casa de Moneda de Bogotá during this transitional period.