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1/5 Bolívares

Catalog codes:: CopyWrong
Variants:: Click to see variants
Themes:: Generals | Heroes | Politics | Seals (Emblems) | Statesmen
Issued on:: VisitColnectCom
Last issue date:: from colnect.com
Mints:: Mint of Brussels, Hôtel des Monnaies, Belgium
Composition:: Silver
Orientation:: Coin alignment ↑O↓
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
Weight:: 1 grams
Diameter:: 15 mm
Face value:: ¹⁄₅ Bs. - Venezuelan bolívar
Known mintage:: 125,000
Composition Details:: 835/1000 Silver .0286 oz. ASW, 165/1000 copper
Score:: 92% Accuracy: Very Low
Description:: Front: Escutcheon with Eared top, French base
legend: (above, state name) ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA
(translated: United Stated of Venezuela)
(low/bottom-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(lower-left, weight GRAM,1 (Gramo)
(botton, year) 1879
(lower-right, composition) LEI 835 (reed)
Back: Head President Simón Bolívar (left, 1813-14, 1817-'30)
legend: (name, left) BOLIVAR (proclaimed) LIBERTADOR
(bottom, designer) BARRE (Jacques-Jean Barre, 1795-1855)
Note: without value
most were melted for the ¼ Bolivar of 1894
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
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Catalog codes:: Col:VE-000159, WCC:y19.2
Variants:: Click to see variants
Themes:: Generals | Heroes | Politics | Seals (Emblems) | Statesmen
Issued on:: 1879
Last issue date:: 1879
Mints:: Mint of Brussels, Hôtel des Monnaies, Belgium
Composition:: Silver
Edge:: Reeded/grained
Orientation:: Coin alignment ↑O↓
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
Weight:: 1 grams
Diameter:: 15 mm
Face value:: ¹⁄₅ Bs. - Venezuelan bolívar
Composition Details:: 835/1000 Silver .0286 oz. ASW, 165/1000 copper
Score:: 97% Accuracy: Very Low
Description:: Front: Escutcheon with Eared top, French base
legend: (above, state name) ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA
(refined letters, translated: United Stated of Venezuela)
(low/bottom-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(lower-left, weight GRAM,1 (Gramo)
(botton, year) 1879
(lower-right, composition) LEI 835 (reed)
Back: Head President Simón Bolívar (left, 1813-14, 1817-'30)
legend: (name, left) BOLIVAR (proclaimed) LIBERTADOR
(bottom, designer) BARRE (Jacques-Jean Barre, 1795-1855)
Note: without value, coin recalled and many melted
upon issuance of the 1/4 Bolivar in 1894
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
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