Venezuela 1919 5 bolivares

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a later date of a type struck at various mints 1879-1936. It is the last full size silver peso for Venezuela. There are similar quarter, half, one and two bolivares (KM Y20, KM Y21, KM Y22, KM Y23). In spite of, or perhaps because of, the extreme monotony of the design, these are avidly collected by date. Only the 1935 and 1936 issues are reasonably common in high grade. This date is from Philadelphia; other mints include Paris and Brussels.

Recorded mintage: 400,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .723 troy oz ASW, reeded edge, designed by Albert Barré of the Paris mint.

Catalog reference: KM 24.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
• Stohr, Tomas, El Circulante en la Capitania General de Venezuela, Caracas, Banco Central de Venezuela, 1998.

Link to:

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