10 Centavos Independence

1960 year


Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)	2.5 g	18.5 mm

Description

Issuer	Colombia
Period	Republic (1886-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	1960
Value	10 Centavos 0.10 COP = USD 0.000024
Currency	Peso decimalized (1847-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	2.5 g
Diameter	18.5 mm
Thickness	1.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated	2024-10-04

References

Numista	N#30952
Rarity index	31%

Reverse

Head of Chief Calarca right divides denomination

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DIEZ CENTAVOS
CALARCÁ

Translation:
Ten Centavos
Calarca

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Chief Calarcá was a native American leader and war chief. This indigenous chief was the leader of the Pijaos Tribe, who lived in the actual Calarcá (municipality in the eastern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia). According to the legends, Chief Calarcá died in a fight with Baltazar Maldonado, an indigenous converted into the Catholicism, to keep the power of the territory, in a fight placed on Peñas Blancas, a characteristic mountain of the actual city of Calarcá.

Interesting fact

The obverse (front) side of the coin features a portrait of Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a key role in the Latin American wars of independence against Spain. Bolívar is considered one of the most important figures in Colombian history, and his image appears on many Colombian coins and banknotes.

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1960	1000000	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for 10 Centavos (Independence) 1960 coin.