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[[Image:SB821-41642o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41642]]
[[Image:SB821-41642r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC]]

This specimen was lot 41649 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Venezuela|VENEZUELA]]. 1/2 Bolivar, 1888. Caracas Mint. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. A KEY DATE, this example easily surpasses most seen with excellent detail remaining in Bolivar's portrait and consistent silver-gray color on both sides. A coin that should immediately capture the attention of specialized collectors focused on the challenging 19th century issues of Venezuela." 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.

''Recorded mintage:'' 230,000, a rare date.

''Specification:'' 2.5 g, 0.835 fine silver, 18 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-Y21.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Stohr, Tomas, ''Catalogo de Monedas, Ensayos, Fichas y Resellos de Venezuela,'' Caracas, 1975.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Venezuela 1887 1/2 bolivar|1887 ½ bolivar]]
* [[Venezuela 1888 2 bolivares|1888 2 bolivares]]
* [[Venezuela 1888 5 bolivares|1888 5 bolivares]]
* [[Venezuela 1888 100 bolivares|1888 100 bolivares]]
* [[Venezuela 1889 1/2 bolivar|1889 ½ bolivar]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1888]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale]][[Category: Silver dimes of the world]]

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-[[Image:SB821-41642o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41642]]
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-[[Image:SB821-41642r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC]]
+[[Image:SB821-41649r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC]]
 This specimen was lot 41649 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Venezuela|VENEZUELA]]. 1/2 Bolivar, 1888. Caracas Mint. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. A KEY DATE, this example easily surpasses most seen with excellent detail remaining in Bolivar's portrait and consistent silver-gray color on both sides. A coin that should immediately capture the attention of specialized collectors focused on the challenging 19th century issues of Venezuela." 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.

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 * [[Venezuela 1888 2 bolivares|1888 2 bolivares]]
 * [[Venezuela 1888 5 bolivares|1888 5 bolivares]]
 * [[Venezuela 1888 100 bolivares|1888 100 bolivares]]
 * [[Venezuela 1889 1/2 bolivar|1889 ½ bolivar]]

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 [[Image:SB821-41642r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC]]
-This specimen was lot 41649 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Venezuela|VENEZUELA]]. 1/2 Bolivar, 1888. Caracas Mint. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. A KEY DATE, this example easily surpasses most seen with excellent detail remaining in Bolivar's portrait and consistent silver-gray color on both sides. A coin that should immediately capture the attention of specialized collectors focused on the challenging 19th century issues of Venezuela." 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 41649 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Venezuela|VENEZUELA]]. 1/2 Bolivar, 1888. Caracas Mint. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. A KEY DATE, this example easily surpasses most seen with excellent detail remaining in Bolivar's portrait and consistent silver-gray color on both sides. A coin that should immediately capture the attention of specialized collectors focused on the challenging 19th century issues of Venezuela." 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.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' 230,000, a rare date.