500 Pesos 1993-2012 front 500 Pesos 1993-2012 back
500 Pesos 1993-2012 photo
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500 Pesos

 
Bimetallic: aluminium bronze centre in nickel brass ring (Core: 92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel; Ring: 65% Copper, 20% Zinc, 15% Nickel) 7.4 g 23.8 mm
Description
Issuer
Colombia
Period
Republic (1886-date)
Type
Standard circulation coin
Years
1993-2012
Value
500 Pesos 500 COP = USD 0.12
Currency
Peso decimalized (1847-date)
Composition
Bimetallic: aluminium bronze centre in nickel brass ring (Core: 92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel; Ring: 65% Copper, 20% Zinc, 15% Nickel)
Weight
7.4 g
Diameter
23.8 mm
Thickness
2.25 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#2432
Rarity index
5%

Reverse

Value above the date

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500
PESOS
2010

Edge

Segmented (8 milled, 8 smooth)

Comment

Varieties exist both in terms of the ratio of design size and the inner circle and in terms of placement of writing along the rim (closer vs. farther from the coin edge):