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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4018377
Area
Coins
Title
Colombia 2 centavos 1921 (leprosarium coinage)
Country
Face value
Year
1921
Variety / overstrike
leprosarium munten
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
3
Diameter
18.89
Thickness
1.5
Punch
Shape
Obverse
REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA LAZARETO • 1921 •
Reverse
2 CENTAVOS RH
Edge
Plain
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
300.000
Krause and Mishler number
KM# L10
Catalogue number
Details
Special coins for use in the three government leper colonies (Lazareto is Spanish) of Agua de Dios, Cano de Heer, and Contratacion. The hospitals were closed in the late 1950s, and patients were allowed to exchange these special coins for regular currency at a bank.
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Speciale munten voor gebruik in de drie overheid leprakolonies (Lazareto is Spaans) van Agua de Dios, Cano de Heer, en Contratacion.
De ziekenhuizen werden in de late jaren 1950 gesloten en patiënten mochten deze speciale munten inwisselen voor reguliere valuta bij een bank.