Front: Old 8th Coat of arms (1836-1863)
with texted ribbon (left) 19 DE ABRIL 1810
(right) 5 DE JULIO 1811 (middle) LIBERTAD
legend: (above, state name) ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA
(translated: United Stated of Venezuela)
(low/bottom-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(lower-left, weight Gˢ. 12,500 (Gramos)
(bottom, year) 1873, 1874 or 1876
(lower-right, composition) LEI 835 (Silver)
Back: Head President Simón Bolívar (left, 1813-14, 1817-'30)
legend: (name, left) BOLIVAR (proclaimed) LIBERTADOR
(low-left, engraver generals' privy mark) anchor (Paris Mint, 1855-1879)
(botton-left, mint derector privy mark) bee (Paris Mint, 1860-1879)
(bottom, designer) BARRE (Jacques-Jean Barre, 1795-1855)
(bottom-right, mintmark) A (serified, Paris Mint)
Note: without value, silver content made it a 50 Centavos
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
