Piece mpc0.125r-aa05v2 : Coin of 1/8 Real (Ochava) : Date 1817 : Province of Caracas

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Characteristics from Design A, Type A

Identification Code: mpc0.125r-aa
General: Circular shape with plain edge.
Obverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. In the center, inside a laurel wreath, a lion holding a dotted or solid oval, with a cross within, which represents the Caracas Arms. In the top, a five points Royal Crowns. Around the perimeter, the legends "CARACAS", "AÑO DE" and the year in the bottom.
Reverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. In the top, interlaced trigram with the letters "VNZ" which represents Venezuela. On the top, the ammount "1/8" with each side a laurel wreath ended in the middle of the field.
Circulation: This was a royalist coinage.
Note: Due to the poor quality of coin minting for that time, the coins classified here contains design variations but mantain the same elements.
Composition: Copper
Weight: 1.22 Grams
Module: 18 - 20 mm.

Characteristics

Identification Code: mpc0.125r-aa05v2
Date: 1817
Mintage: (Inc. above).
Minter: Royal Mint Caracas
Note: Variety "b" according to Thomas Stohr.
Obverse: Crown type 7, Oval type 5, Cross type 5, Lion type 2, Branch type 9.
Reverse: Branch type 4
Variety image illustration:

Crown #7 Oval #5 Cross #5 Lion #2 Branch #9 Branch #4

Identification in other catalogs

NOTE: The piece identification from the Standard Catalog of World Coin (SCWC) used in this website is updated to: 1801-1900 (7th edition - 2013), 1901-2000 (40th edition - 2013) and 2001-2019 (13th edition - 2019)

Recommended bibliography

Venezuelan Cobs by Tomás Stohr
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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