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2 Centavos Pattern, Bolivar
| Issuer | Bolívar, State of |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA 1890 (Translation: Republic of Colombia 1890) |
| Reverse description | The denomination DOS CENTAVOS appears in two lines within a central circle defined by a dotted beaded border, with eight-pointed stars evenly spaced around the inner circle. The curved legend ESTADO SOBO. DE BOLIVAR runs along the upper periphery of the coin, referencing the Sovereign State of Bolivar. The entire design is framed by a reeded outer rim consistent with the obverse. |
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The State of Bolívar — one of Colombia's sovereign states before the 1886 constitution collapsed the federal system into a centralized republic — struck a series of pattern pieces in 1890 that never reached circulation. By that point, the state had already lost its monetary authority under the Regeneración reforms of Rafael Núñez, making these patterns a bureaucratic curiosity at best: coins designed for a fiscal system that no longer legally existed.
The copper specimen corresponds to KM#Pn29b, indicating at least two metal variants were prepared, almost certainly including a silver or brass strike.