5 Bolivianos

Features

Issuer	Bolivia
Period	Republic (1825-2009)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1951
Value	5 Bolivianos
Currency	First boliviano (1864-1963)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	5.14 g
Diameter	23 mm
Thickness	1.74 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	1 January 1965
Number	N# 2127
References	KM# 185 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 15 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Coat of arms of Bolivia: a condor-topped oval (with the sun, two mountains (the Cerro Rico and the Cerro Menor in Potosi), a chapel, a palm tree, a wheat sheaf and a lama) with in the background flags, cannons, rifles, an axe and a Liberty cap. Nine stars below which symbolize the nine departments.

Script: Latin

Lettering: REPUBLICA DE BOLIVIA

Translation: Republic of Bolivia

Reverse

Denomination within an olive and oak wreath, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LA UNION ES LA FUERZA
CINCO
BOLIVIANOS
5
1951

Translation: Unity is strength

Edge

Reeded

Mints

	Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)
	Kings Norton Metal Company, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1890-1962)
	Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1951	7 000 000	$ 0.37	$ 1.20	$ 1.80	$ 3.60	$ 3.60		62%
1951							Proof	0.6%
1951 H	15 000 000	$ 1.40	$ 1.50	$ 1.70	$ 2.10	$ 5.70	Heaton	37%
1951 KN	15 000 000		$ 2.30	$ 4.60			King's Norton	17%

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