20 Centavos

Features

Issuer	Colombia
Period	Republic (1886-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1952-1953
Value	20 Centavos (0.20 COP)
Currency	Peso decimalized (1847-date)
Composition	Billon (.300 silver)
Weight	5 g
Diameter	23.15 mm
Thickness	1.4 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 4582
References	KM# 213 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Restrepo# 390 Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia: Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4^th Edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia. , Hernández# 461-463 Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8^th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia. , Schön# 35 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

The country name in a semicircle above the arms of Colombia (an Andean condor facing left, with wings spread and holding an olive wreath, is perched on top of a shield. “Libertad y Orden” is on a scroll in between the bird and the shield. The national flag is draped on each side of the shield which is broken into three portions. In the lowermost portion, there are two ships. The Phrygia cap is in the middle section. The topmost section contains a pomegranate flanked by two cornucopias) and the date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA
LIBERTAD
Y ORDEN
B
1953

Translation:
Republic of Colombia
Liberty
and Order
1953

Reverse

Bust facing left dividing the value on both sides.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VEINTE CENTAVOS

Translation: Twenty Centavos

Edge

Reeded

Mint

(B)	Bogota Mint (Casa de Moneda de Bogotá), Santa Fe de Bogota, modern-day Bogota, Colombia (1620-1987)

Comments

NOTE:

1952 variety is catalogued by Krause as standard coin, but Hernández and Restrepo list it as pattern.

The mintage shows too high for a pattern, but also the difference of quantity to 1953 is noticeable (nearly 4000 on 1952 and nearly 18 million on 1953).

So far, we don't have samples or images of the 1952 coin to compare and try to determine if is a pattern or not; so we are performing an investigation on this issue.

If someone may add information, this will be welcome. Please contact referee of the issuer.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1952 B	3 887								See comments	2%
1953 B	17 819 000	$ 2.70	$ 2.70	$ 3.30	$ 4.60	$ 5.50	$ 6.30	Restrepo# 390 Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia: Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4^th Edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia. , Hernández# 461 Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8^th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.		98%
1953 B								Restrepo# 390-1 Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia: Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4^th Edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia. , Hernández# 461 Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8^th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.	Variety : Thick Line 5	0.14%
1953 B								Restrepo# 390-2 Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia: Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4^th Edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia. , Hernández# 461 Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8^th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.	Variety : Thin Line 5	0%
1953 B								Restrepo# 390-2a Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia: Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4^th Edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia.	Variety : Remarked Obverse	0.14%
1953 B								Restrepo# 390-2g Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia: Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4^th Edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia. , Hernández# 463 Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8^th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.	Variety : Variable Die Rotation	0.14%
1953 B								Restrepo# 390-2i Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia: Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4^th Edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia. , Hernández# 462 Pedro Pablo Hernández; 2023. Monedas y Billetes de Colombia: Colombia 1616-2023 (Colonia y República); 100 Años Banco de la República 1923 - 2023 = Coins and Banknotes of Colombia (8^th Edition). Begon, Medellín, Colombia.	Variety : Inverted	0%

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Bullion value: USD 3.54 Search tips

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Actual billon weight: 0.048 oz

Current billon price: 0.00 USD/oz

Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 188 Lot 2364	27 Mar 2026	1953 B – Restrepo# 390, Hernández# 461	UNC	USD 81.25 (EUR 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 69 Lot 3036	29 Oct 2022	1953 B – Restrepo# 390, Hernández# 461	UNC	USD 10.45 (EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 103 Lot 2296	9 Dec 2023	1953 B – Restrepo# 390, Hernández# 461	XF	USD 9.29 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.