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COLOMBIA 5 CENTAVOS(LAZARETOS) 1921 VF TO USED IN LEPER COLONY'S ,LAZARETO ON CR
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COLOMBIA 5 CENTAVOS(LAZARETOS) 1921 VF TO USED IN LEPER COLONY'S ,LAZARETO ON CROSS WITH CIRCLES AT QUARTERS,DATE BELOW,DENOMINATION WITHIN WREATH,LARGE 5WEIGHT:4.0g
SIZE:22.88mm
METAL:COPPER NICKEL
A leper colony administered by a Roman Catholic order was often called a lazar house, after Lazarus, the patron saint of people affected with leprosy.
There were three lazarettos in Colombia in the nineteenth century. These were
Agua de Dios, Contratación, and Caño de Loro
. These were like townships where people with leprosy and their families lived.