Coins from Venezuela : 1/2 Bolívar (Real) : Listing by date : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Information about coins of 1/2 Bolívar

Common name

This coin, was commonly known as "Real" due to the same value of a widely used coin in the colony and beginning of the country.

Equivalence in other monetary units

This denomination is equivalent in value to "10 Centavos" (from the predecessor monetary units "Venezolano" and "Peso Fuerte"), "1 Real" and "50 CENTIMOS" (from the sucessor monetary unit "Bolívar")

Predecessor pieces

The predecessor coins that had the same value were 10 Centavos (from the monetary unit Venezolano) and 1 Real (from the monetary unit Peso Fuerte)

Sucessor pieces

The successor coins that had the same value were 50 Céntimos from the monetary unit Bolívar.

Coins of 1/2 Bolívar (Real)

Date	Classification	Piece Code
1879	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1886	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1887	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1888	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1889	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1893	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1900	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1901	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1903	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1911	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1912	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1919	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1921	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1924	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1929	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1935	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1936	Design A, Type A	mv0.5bs-aa
1944	Design B, Type A	mv0.5bs-ba
1945	Design B, Type A	mv0.5bs-ba
1946	Design B, Type A	mv0.5bs-ba

Recommended bibliography

Venezuelan Coins by Mercedes Carlota Pardo
Coins of Venezuela by Tomás Stohr
Catalog of Coins, Patterns, Tokens and Counterstamps by Tomás Stohr
The names of the coins in Venezuela by Marco Antonio Martínez for further information about the common names for coins.
Venezuelan Commemorative, Numismatic coins and metallic medals by Asdrúbal Grillet Correa for further information about conmemorative coins.

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