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    The Peoples Republic of China, located in eastern Asia, has an area of 3,696,100 sq. mi. (9,596,960 sq. km.) (including Manchuria and Tibet) and a population of *1.20 billion. Capital: Peking (Beijing). The economy is based on agriculture, mining, and manufacturing. Textiles, clothing, metal ores, tea and rice are exported. Read the rest of this entry »

500 PESOS  (KM# 286)

Weight: 7.4300 g.
Alloy: Bi-Metallic Aluminum-Bronze center in Copper-Nickel ring
Diameter: 23.58 mm
Obv: Guacari tree within circle
Rev: Denomination within circle, date below
Edge: Segmented reeding

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 2007 109,624,000 - - 1.25 3.00 4.00

20 CENTAVOS  (KM# 246.1)

Alloy: Nickel Clad Steel
Obv: Head right, date below, legend continuous
Rev: Denomination within wreath
Note: Varieties exist with and without dots

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1974/1 45,941,000 - - - 0.35 1.00

    The Republic of Colombia, in the northwestern corner of South America, has an area of 440,831 sq. mi. (1,138,910 sq. km.) and a population of*42.3 million. Capital: Bogota. Read the rest of this entry »

1/10 GULDEN  (KM# 43)

Weight: 1.4000 g.
Alloy: 0.6400 Silver 0.0288 oz. ASW
Diameter: 15 mm
Obv: Head left
Rev: Denomination, date below
Edge: Reeded

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1944D 1,500,000 1.25 3.50 7.50 15.00 30.00

5 CENTS  (KM# 47)

Weight: 4.4800 g.
Alloy: Copper-Nickel
Diameter: 18 mm
Obv: Flower within inner circle
Rev: Denomination within circle divides date at sides, shells at corners
 

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1948 1,000,000 1.25 2.50 6.00 12.00 20.00

   The island of Curacao, the largest of the six islands that comprise the Netherlands Antilles, which is an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea 40 miles off the coast of Venezuela, has an area of 173 sq. mi. (472 sq. km.) and a population of 127,900. Read the rest of this entry »

50 CENTS  (KM# 109a)

Weight: 5.8319 g.
Alloy: 0.5500 Silver 0.1031 oz. ASW
Ruler: George V
Obv: Crowned bust left
Rev: Plant divides denomination, date below

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1925 500,000 2.00 5.00 10.00 20.00 -

25 CENTS  (KM# 115)

Weight: 2.7400 g.
Alloy: Nickel-Brass
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Ruler: George VI
Obv: Crowned head left
Rev: Crown at top divides date, denomination below
Note: Frozen date 1943, restruck until 1951

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1943 13,920,000 0.25 0.50 1.00 2.50 -

CENT  (KM# 107)

Weight: 4.5700 g.
Alloy: Copper
Diameter: 23 mm
Ruler: George V
Obv: Crowned bust left
Rev: Tree within circle, date below, denomination above

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1925 7,490,000 0.35 0.75 1.50 3.50 -