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[[Image:VEN_1887_halfbolivar_ponterio-lot7623-6Nov2010-USD1387-obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 155, lot 7623]]
[[Image:VEN_1887_halfbolivar_ponterio-lot7623-6Nov2010-USD1387-rev.jpg|300px|thumb|Courtesy Stack's Bowers Auctions]]
[[Venezuela]] fully adopted a decimal coinage system in 1871, with 100 centavos = 1 venezuelano. By 1879, denominations were renamed centimos and bolivares, such that 100 centimos = 1 bolivar. A crown was equivalent to five bolivares. The official title of the country from 1864 was 'Estados Unidos de Venezuela', a name it would carry until 1953, when the constitution mandated a return to the name 'Republica de Venezuela'.

Shown is a 1887 half bolivar, minted in Caracas. The denomination is shown reverse as GR.2,5000. It was lot 7623 on Nov 6, 2010 at the November 2010 Baltimore Auction where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description reads: "VENEZUELA. 1/2 Bolivar, 1887. NGC AU-55."

''Recorded mintage'': 310,000.

''Specifications'': 2.50 g, 0.835 fine silver, 0.671oz ASW.

''Catalog reference'': KM Y21.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Venezuela 1886 1/2 bolivar|1886 ½ bolivar]]
* [[Venezuela 1887 bolivar|1887 bolivar]]
* [[Venezuela 1887 2 bolivares|1887 2 bolivares]]
* [[Venezuela 1887 100 bolivares|1887 100 bolivares]]
* [[Venezuela 1893-A 1/2 bolivar|1893-A ½ bolivar]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1887]]
* return to [[Venezuela]]

[[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 155]][[Category:Silver dimes of the world]]

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 [[Image:VEN_1887_halfbolivar_ponterio-lot7623-6Nov2010-USD1387-rev.jpg|300px|thumb|Courtesy Stack's Bowers Auctions]]
-[[Venezuela]] fully adopted a decimal coinage system in 1871, with 100 centavos = 1 venezuelano. By 1879, denominations were renamed centimos and bolivares, such that 100 centimos = 1 bolivar. A crown was equivalent to five bolivares. The official title of the country from 1864 was 'Estados Unidos de Venezuela', a name it would carry until 1953, when the constitution mandated a return to the name 'Republica de Venezuela'. Shown is a 1887 half bolivar, minted in Caracas. The denomination is shown reverse as GR.2,5000. This type was struck 1879, 1886-89, 1893, 1900-03, 1911-12, 1919-21, 1924, 1929, 1935-36 at various mints. Despite the many years of production, only the 1935 is really common. The last silver issue was in 1960. The SCWC calls this a fifty centimos but the coin does not actually bear a denomination. This specimen was lot 7623 in Ponterio's November 2010 Baltimore Auction where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description reads: "VENEZUELA. 1/2 Bolivar, 1887. NGC AU-55."
+[[Venezuela]] fully adopted a decimal coinage system in 1871, with 100 centavos = 1 venezuelano. By 1879, denominations were renamed centimos and bolivares, such that 100 centimos = 1 bolivar. A crown was equivalent to five bolivares. The official title of the country from 1864 was 'Estados Unidos de Venezuela', a name it would carry until 1953, when the constitution mandated a return to the name 'Republica de Venezuela'. Shown is a 1887 half bolivar, minted in Caracas. The denomination is shown on the reverse as GR.2,5000. This type was struck 1879, 1886-89, 1893, 1900-03, 1911-12, 1919-21, 1924, 1929, 1935-36 at various mints. Despite the many years of production, only the 1935 is really common. The last silver issue was in 1960. The SCWC calls this a fifty centimos but the coin does not actually bear a denomination. This specimen was lot 7623 in Ponterio's November 2010 Baltimore Auction where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description reads: "VENEZUELA. 1/2 Bolivar, 1887. NGC AU-55."
 ''Recorded mintage'': 310,000.

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 [[Image:VEN_1887_halfbolivar_ponterio-lot7623-6Nov2010-USD1387-obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 155, lot 7623]]
 [[Image:VEN_1887_halfbolivar_ponterio-lot7623-6Nov2010-USD1387-rev.jpg|300px|thumb|Courtesy Stack's Bowers Auctions]]
 [[Venezuela]] fully adopted a decimal coinage system in 1871, with 100 centavos = 1 venezuelano. By 1879, denominations were renamed centimos and bolivares, such that 100 centimos = 1 bolivar. A crown was equivalent to five bolivares. The official title of the country from 1864 was 'Estados Unidos de Venezuela', a name it would carry until 1953, when the constitution mandated a return to the name 'Republica de Venezuela'. Shown is a 1887 half bolivar, minted in Caracas. The denomination is shown reverse as GR.2,5000. This type was struck 1879, 1886-89, 1893, 1900-03, 1911-12, 1919-21, 1924, 1929, 1935-36 at various mints. Despite the many years of production, only the 1935 is really common. The last silver issue was in 1960. The SCWC calls this a fifty centimos but the coin does not actually bear a denomination. This specimen was lot 7623 in Ponterio's November 2010 Baltimore Auction where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description reads: "VENEZUELA. 1/2 Bolivar, 1887. NGC AU-55."
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 * [[Venezuela 1887 2 bolivares|1887 2 bolivares]]
 * [[Venezuela 1887 5 bolivares|1887 5 bolivares]]
 * [[Venezuela 1887 100 bolivares|1887 100 bolivares]]
 * [[Venezuela 1888 1/2 bolivar|1888 ½ bolivar]]

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 [[Image:VEN_1887_halfbolivar_ponterio-lot7623-6Nov2010-USD1387-obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 155, lot 7623]]
 [[Image:VEN_1887_halfbolivar_ponterio-lot7623-6Nov2010-USD1387-rev.jpg|300px|thumb|Courtesy Stack's Bowers Auctions]]
-[[Venezuela]] fully adopted a decimal coinage system in 1871, with 100 centavos = 1 venezuelano. By 1879, denominations were renamed centimos and bolivares, such that 100 centimos = 1 bolivar. A crown was equivalent to five bolivares. The official title of the country from 1864 was 'Estados Unidos de Venezuela', a name it would carry until 1953, when the constitution mandated a return to the name 'Republica de Venezuela'.
+[[Venezuela]] fully adopted a decimal coinage system in 1871, with 100 centavos = 1 venezuelano. By 1879, denominations were renamed centimos and bolivares, such that 100 centimos = 1 bolivar. A crown was equivalent to five bolivares. The official title of the country from 1864 was 'Estados Unidos de Venezuela', a name it would carry until 1953, when the constitution mandated a return to the name 'Republica de Venezuela'. Shown is a 1887 half bolivar, minted in Caracas. The denomination is shown reverse as GR.2,5000. This type was struck 1879, 1886-89, 1893, 1900-03, 1911-12, 1919-21, 1924, 1929, 1935-36 at various mints. Despite the many years of production, only the 1935 is realy common. The last silver issue was in 1960. The SCWC calls this a fifty centimos but the coin does not actually bear a denomination. This specimen was lot 7623 in Ponterio's November 2010 Baltimore Auction where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description reads: "VENEZUELA. 1/2 Bolivar, 1887. NGC AU-55."
 ''Recorded mintage'': 310,000.
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 ''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
 * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
 ''Link to:''
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 * [[Venezuela 1887 2 bolivares|1887 2 bolivares]]
 * [[Venezuela 1887 100 bolivares|1887 100 bolivares]]
-* [[Venezuela 1893-A 1/2 bolivar|1893-A ½ bolivar]]
+* [[Venezuela 1888 1/2 bolivar|1888 ½ bolivar]]
 * [[Coins and currency dated 1887]]
 * return to [[Venezuela]]
 [[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 155]][[Category:Silver dimes of the world]]