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[[Image:VEN_1889Mo_100bolivares_SB-lot22505-17Nov2011-NS-rev.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers Auctions]] | [[Image:VEN_1889Mo_100bolivares_SB-lot22505-17Nov2011-NS-rev.jpg|300px|thumb|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 1889 100 bolivares, minted in Caracas. The denomination is shown on the reverse as GR.32,2580. It was lot 22505 in Stacks Bowers Auctions #96 (Baltimore, Nov 2011) where it did not sell. The catalog description read: "VENEZUELA. 100 Bolivares, 1889-MoMH. NGC AU-58." |
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| − | Shown is a 1889 100 bolivares, minted in Caracas. The denomination is shown on the reverse as GR.32,2580. It was lot 22505 in Stacks Bowers Auctions #96 (Baltimore, Nov 2011) where it did not sell. The catalog description read: "VENEZUELA. 100 Bolivares, 1889-MoMH. NGC AU-58." | ||
''Recorded mintage'': 23,000. | ''Recorded mintage'': 23,000. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' | ||
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | ||
| − | * Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 163: The November 2011 Baltimore Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011. | + | * Stohr, Tomas, ''Catalogo de Monedas, Ensayos, Fichas y Resellos de Venezuela,'' Caracas, 1975. |
| + | * Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 163: The November 2011 Baltimore Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2011. | ||
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* [[Venezuela 1888 100 bolivares|1888 100 bolivares]] | * [[Venezuela 1888 100 bolivares|1888 100 bolivares]] | ||
| + | * [[Venezuela 1889 1/2 bolivar|1889 ½ bolivar]] | ||
* [[Venezuela 1889 1 bolivar|1889 bolivar]] | * [[Venezuela 1889 1 bolivar|1889 bolivar]] | ||
| + | * [[Venezuela 1889 2 bolivares|1889 2 bolivares]] | ||
| + | * [[Venezuela 1889 5 bolivares|1889 5 bolivares]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1889]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1889]] | ||
* return to [[Venezuela]] | * return to [[Venezuela]] | ||
[[Category:Gold coins of South America]][[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 163]] | [[Category:Gold coins of South America]][[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 163]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:10, 19 March 2022
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 1889 100 bolivares, minted in Caracas. The denomination is shown on the reverse as GR.32,2580. It was lot 22505 in Stacks Bowers Auctions #96 (Baltimore, Nov 2011) where it did not sell. The catalog description read: "VENEZUELA. 100 Bolivares, 1889-MoMH. NGC AU-58."
Recorded mintage: 23,000.
Specifications: 32.258 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.9334 oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-2; Y-34.
- 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.
- Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 163: The November 2011 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.
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