The Bbank of the Republic, in compliance with Law 1956 of June 4, 2019, made available to the public, for commemorative purposes and only once, the coin of the 100 years of the Colombian Air Force (FAC).
The coin is available to the public from this April 4, 2022.
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The obverse of the coin depicts the FAC’s first training aircraft, Caudron G3. These aircraft arrived in February 1921 in the town of Flandes (Tolima), the cradle of the first Colombian aviation school. This face also incorporates the image of the cucarda, military aeronautical emblem of universal use that is used in the different air forces as a badge to indicate the nationality of the aircraft.
For its part, the reverse of the coin shows the shield of the FAC, whose image incorporates the gules eagle, emblem of aviation, and includes the legend in Latin ‘Sic Itur Ad Astra’ which means: ‘That’s how you go to the heights’.
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It also has the legends ‘República de Colombia’ and ‘2019’, year of minting authorization, the denomination of ‘10,000 pesos’ and a security element that, depending on the angle from which it is viewed, will reflect the initials ‘BR’ or the Arabic numeral ’10’.
FAC 100 year coin.
The silver-colored coin is an alloy of copper and nickel, It has an approximate dimension of 35 mm in diameter and a face value of $10,000.
The currency can only be purchased at the treasury windows of the Banco de la República in Bogota, in the branches of Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla and Villavicencio, and in the Cultural Agencies of Girardot and Florence. It is on sale while supplies last.
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