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  • 10 Centavos 1972-1980, KM# 253, Colombia
  • 10 Centavos 1972-1980, KM# 253, Colombia
Description

This coin from 1975 has a variety on the reverse, where some have 72 pearls and others have 89.

Obverse

Portrait of Francisco de Paula Santander right, date below, continuous legend (Republic of Colombia) above.

Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña (1792–1840), was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada (present-day Colombia). He was the acting President of Gran Colombia between 1819 and 1826, and later elected by Congress as the President of the Republic of New Granada between 1832 and 1837. Santander came to be known as "The Man of the Laws" ("El Hombre de las Leyes").

REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA
1974

Reverse

Value within laurel wreath.

10
CENTAVOS

Edge

10 Centavos

Continuous legend;, Small letters
KM# 253
Characteristics
Material Nickel Clad Steel
Weight 2.52 g
Diameter 18.4 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Casa de Moneda de Colombia

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Divided legend

Nickel Clad Steel, 2.5 g, ⌀ 18.3 mm