Venezuela 1924 bolivar

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a later date of a type struck at various mints 1879-1936. There are similar quarter, half, two and five bolivares (KM Y20, KM Y21, KM Y23, KM Y24). In spite of, or perhaps because of, the extreme monotony of the design, these are avidly collected by date. Many dates are rare, this one is common. This date is from Philadelphia; other mints include Paris and Brussels.

Recorded mintage: 1,250,000.

Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, .268 troy oz ASW, reeded edge, designed by Albert Barré of the Paris mint.

Catalog reference: KM Y22.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Stohr, Tomas, El Circulante en la Capitania General de Venezuela, Caracas, Banco Central de Venezuela, 1998.

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