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  • 50 Pesos 2012-2023, KM# 295, Colombia
  • 50 Pesos 2012-2023, KM# 295, Colombia
Description

October 16, 2012 – The Banco de la República de Colombia has issued a new and extended family of coins. The new coins are lighter and, in most cases, smaller than their predecessors – making them cheaper to produce, according to the Bank, as well as cheaper and easier to manage in circulation. Moreover, they have a range of new security features, along with intricate design and engraving, to make counterfeiting more difficult.

There is a consistent design theme through all five coins in the new series of native Colombian fauna and flora, which is intended to reflect the country’s biodiversity. The coins also feature images of water, which is seen as essential to the country’s ecological heritage.

The coins were designed by the Colombian artists Johana Calle and José Antonio Suarez.

Obverse

Depicts the country name over the value in the centre, date below.

· REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA ·
50
·PESOS·
2012

Reverse

Depicts a spectacled bear walking right, its popular and scientific names above.

The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the South American bear, Andean bear, Andean short-faced bear or mountain bear and locally as jukumari (Aymara and Quechua), ukumari (Quechua) or ukuku, is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South America. It is the only living species of bear native to South America, and the last remaining short-faced bear (subfamily Tremarctinae). The diet of the spectacled bear is mostly herbivorous, but it occasionally engages in carnivorous behavior.

Tremarctos ornatus is commonly referred to in English as the "spectacled bear", a reference to the light colouring on its chest, neck and face, which may resemble spectacles in some individuals, or the "Andean bear" for its distribution along the Andes.

OSO de ANTEOJOS
TREMARCTOS ORNATUS

Edge

50 Pesos

KM# 295
Characteristics
Material Nickel Plated Steel
Weight 2 g
Diameter 17 mm
Thickness 1.3 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Casa de Moneda de Colombia

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