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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

1962 Peruvian 5 Centavos!


Back in time to 1962, a time when silver was common in American change and silver coins were produced in the millions. However, this was not the case for Peru. They made silver coins earlier in their history, but by this time, their coins were brass. The lack of precious metals in their currency is made up for by the amazingly beautiful designs and the fact that most countries had stopped producing silver by this time. This coin comes in two varieties, curved and straight 9. I'm guessing mine is the curved but it doesn't really matter since both are worth $0.10.

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