Colombia 10 Centavos 1971 - Coin Community Forum

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Russia1981 Valued Member United States 150 Posts	Posted 12/31/2009 5:49 pm Happy New Year! Here strange Colombian coin with dots I found yesterday can it be variety? or proba? I know certain years Canadian coins have dots. I have Krause, but could not find it... Report this Post to the Staff

DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 12/31/2009 8:55 pm Those dots sure appear to be deliberate punches in the die--and not just damage. As for what these dots signify, I've sort of given up on finding a reason behind Colombian coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Russia1981 Valued Member United States 150 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 9:45 pm Here is closer look... Report this Post to the Staff
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 11:53 pm I would guess they are from a hardness test. Report this Post to the Staff
norseman012 Valued Member United States 357 Posts	Posted 01/07/2010 10:14 pm It must have been a bored mint employee or the dots were mistakenly never placed on that die. But a very interesting coin as to why one has dots and the other don't. Report this Post to the Staff
quiquelo Valued Member Colombia 86 Posts	Posted 07/10/2010 12:36 pm Hi, that's a very nice find! It's not on the Krause catalog but it does appear as a variety in the Restrepo catalogue which is the 'official' catalogue for Colombian coins. It's type 383 code 3p1. There are 7 known varieties for the 1971 10 centavos. Another common feature (other than the 3 dots) is the broken 1. Your coin, according to the catalogue, is worth 3 bucks in EF condition. Cheers. Report this Post to the Staff
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