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[[Image:VEN_1935_1bolivar-obv (2).JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | [[Image:VEN_1935_1bolivar-obv (2).JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | ||
[[Image:VEN_1935_1bolivar-rev (2).JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | [[Image:VEN_1935_1bolivar-rev (2).JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | ||
| − | [[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 1935 one bolivar, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse is a portrait of Simon Bolivar, as designed by Albert Barre. The denomination is shown reverse as GRAM.5. | + | [[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 1935 one bolivar, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse is a portrait of Simon Bolivar, as designed by Albert Barre. The denomination is shown on the reverse as GRAM.5. |
''Recorded mintage'': 5,000,000. | ''Recorded mintage'': 5,000,000. | ||
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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 1935 one bolivar, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse is a portrait of Simon Bolivar, as designed by Albert Barre. The denomination is shown on the reverse as GRAM.5.
Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.
Specifications: 5.0 g, 0.835 fine silver, 0.1342 oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM Y22.
- 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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