5 Centavos

Features

Issuer	Bolivia
Period	Republic (1825-2009)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1893-1919
Value	5 Centavos (0.05)
Currency	First boliviano (1864-1963)
Composition	Miedzionikiel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	2.5 g
Diameter	20.5 mm
Thickness	1.17 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	1951
Number	N# 3221
References	KM# 173 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 5 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Herb Boliwii w owalu z koralików: słońce nad dwiema górami (Cerro Rico i Cerro Menor w Potosi), kaplica, palma, snop pszenicy i lama. Poniżej znajduje się dziewięć gwiazd symbolizujących dziewięć departamentów. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: REPUBLICA DE BOLIVIA

Reverse

Kaduceusz (laska opleciona przez dwa węże, zwieńczona skrzydłami) rozdziela nominał, poniżej spreje oliwne, data u dołu. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
CINCO CENTAVOS
5 C
1908

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Mints

	Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)
	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), Francja (864-date)

Marks

	Jean Lagrange, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1880-1896)
	Henri-Auguste-Jules Patey, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1896-1930)

Comments

KM# 173.1: Mennica Heaton, bez znaków własnościowych.
KM# 173.2: Mennica Paryska, róg obfitości i fasces po bokach daty.
KM# 173.3: Mennica Paryska, róg obojczyka i pochodnia z datą. Automatically translated

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Date	Mintage	F	VF		Frequency
Undetermined
1893	2 500 000	$ 2.30	$ 3.50	(en) KM#173.1, medal alignment	17%
1893				(en) KM#173.1, proof	0.3%
1895	2 000 000			(en) KM#173.2	12%
1897	1 500 000	$ 2.80	$ 2.80	(en) KM#173.3	9%
1899	2 000 000	$ 2.40	$ 3.30	(en) KM#173.1	13%
1902	2 000 000		$ 3.10	(en) KM#173.3	12%
1907	2 000 000		$ 6.20	(en) KM#173.3	16%
1908	3 000 000	$ 1.70	$ 5.70	(en) KM#173.3	18%
1909	4 000 000	$ 2.30		(en) KM#173.1	14%
1909				(en) KM#173.3	12%
1918	530 000	$ 2.00	$ 3.00	(en) KM#173.1, medal alignment	23%
1919	4 370 000		$ 3.30	(en) KM#173.1, medal alignment	17%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 144 Lot 3236	17 Nov 2024	1893 – (en) KM#173.1, medal alignment	XF	USD 9.23 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Summer Evening Auction 162 Lot 2297	7 Jul 2025	1902 – (en) KM#173.3	VF	Unsold The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 144 Lot 3237	17 Nov 2024	1902 – (en) KM#173.3	VF	USD 5.77 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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