Bolivia 50 Centavos, 1942

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Bolivia Bolivia
Currency First boliviano (1864 – 1963)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 50 Centavos
Year 1942
Ruler Republic (1825–2009)
Composition Brass (95% Copper, 5% Zinc)
Shape Round
Alignment Medal alignment ↑↑
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 5.1
Diameter (mm) 24.6
Thickness (mm) 1.7
Demonetized Yes

Description

50 Centavos from Bolivia. Issued in 1942. Struck in Brass (95% Copper, 5% Zinc). Measures 24.6 mm and weighs 5.1 g.

Obverse
Bolivia coat of arms in a beaded oval: the sun over two mountains, Cerro Rico and Cerro Menor in Potosi, a chapel, a palm tree, a wheat sheaf and an lama. Nine stars below which symbolize the nine departments. (Republic of Bolivia)
Reverse
The caduceus (a staff entwined by two serpents, surmounted by wings) divides denomination, olive sprays below, date at bottom. (Fifty Cents
50 c
1942)
Edge
KM#182a.1: plain KM#182a.2: reeded

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage vg f vf xf au unc Comment Frequency
1942  10M € 0,76 € 1,30 € 2,00 € 2,50 € 3,10 € 3,90 KM#182a.1; Philadelphia Mint (first strike) 89%
1942  5.3M — — € 2,00 € 2,30 € 3,40 € 3,40 KM#182a.2; Potosi Mint (second strike, less definition, minted on 1943) 22%

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