Coins from the Province of Caracas : 2 Reales (Peseta) - Design B, Type A : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Obverse

Photo from piece mpc2r-ba04v3. Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries

Reverse

Photo from piece mpc2r-ba04v3. Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries

Characteristics

Identification Code: mpc2r-ba
General: Circular shape.
Obverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. Two pillars of Hercules with capitals on the top, both pillars are cut by three horizontal lines, providing three rows of legends in three parts. In the center of the first row appears "2", in the second row appers "PLV", "SVL" and "TRA"; in the third row appears "B.", year and "S." (B.S. means the engraver Bartolomé Salinas). In the bottom appears "CARACAS" and below some wavelines which represents the sea.
Reverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. Allegorical spanish arms created by Jerusalem potent cross, which lions and castles appear alternately inside each cuadrant. Each quadrant is closed by arcs. On the left and right of the cross, appears "F" and "7", meaning Ferdinand VII. In the top and bottom of the cross appears "2".
Common name: Morillera
Circulation: This was a royalist coinage.
Composition: Silver
Weight: 4.3 - 5.3 Grams
Module: 23 mm
Thickness: 25 mm

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Issues

SCWC	Piece Code	Date	Mintage	Note
C6.1	mpc2r-ba01	1817 BS	76,000	Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". "B" and "S" large without dot. Obverse: Waves type 1. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 1, Arches type 1	Detail
C6.2	mpc2r-ba01v2	1817 BS	(Inc. above)	Lion/Castle transposed	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba01v3	1817 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "b" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: "B" and "S" small without dot. Obverse: Waves type 2. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 1, Arches type 1	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba01v4	1817 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "c" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Waves type 3. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 1, Arches type 1	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba01v5	1817 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "d" according to Thomas Stohr. Reverse: "7" with ordinal "o". Obverse: Waves type 3. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 1, Arches type 1	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba01v6	1817 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "e" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 1, Arches type 1	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba01v7	1817 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "f" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA" and "7" over column. Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 1	Detail
C6.1	mpc2r-ba02	1818 BS	777,000	Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Large date. Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 2	Detail
C6.2	mpc2r-ba02v2	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba02v3	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "b" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Medium date. Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 2	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba02v4	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "c" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "TRA". Large date. Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 3	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba02v5	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "d" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Medium date. Obverse: Waves type 3. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 3	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba02v6	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "e" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "TRA". "S.B" instead of "B.S.". Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 2	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba02v7	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "f" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 4	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba02v8	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "g" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". "S.B" instead of "B.S." Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 4	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba02v9	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "h" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 3, Arches type 2	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba02v10	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "i" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "TRA". "S.B" instead of "B.S." Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 3, Arches type 2	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba02v11	1818 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "j" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Large "7". Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 4, Arches type 3	Detail
C6.1	mpc2r-ba03	1819 BS	1,450,000	Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 2	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba03v2	1819 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "b" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". "9" over "8". Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 2	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba03v3	1819 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "c" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". "B S" without dot. Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 2, Arches type 2	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba03v4	1819 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "d" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba03v5	1819 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "e" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Obverse: Waves type 4. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 2	Detail
C6.1	mpc2r-ba04	1820 BS	755,000	Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Waves type 5. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 4, Arches type 2	Detail
C6.2	mpc2r-ba04v2	1820 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "c" according to Thomas Stohr. Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed. Obverse: Waves type 5. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba04v3	1820 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "b" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: "0" over the column. Obverse: Waves type 5. Reverse: Castle type 1, Lion type 4, Arches type 2	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba04v4	1820 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "d" according to Thomas Stohr. Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed. Obverse: Waves type 6. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba04v5	1820 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "e" according to Thomas Stohr. Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed. Obverse: Waves type 7. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba04v6	1820 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "f" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Inverted "1". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed. Obverse: Waves type 7. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba04v7	1820 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "g" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: ".S" instead of "S.". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed. Obverse: Waves type 7. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
C6.1	mpc2r-ba05	1821 BS	110,000	Variety "e" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Inverted "1". Obverse: Waves type 7. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 2	Detail
C6.2	mpc2r-ba05v2	1821 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "d" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed. Obverse: Waves type 7. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba05v3	1821 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "b" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: "CARCAS" instead of "CARACAS". Inverted "1". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed. Obverse: Waves type 7. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba05v4	1821 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "c" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Small "s" in "CARACAS". Inverted "1". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed. Obverse: Waves type 7. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail
N/L	mpc2r-ba05v5	1821 BS	(Inc. above)	Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Inverted "1". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed. Obverse: Waves type 7. Reverse: Castle type 2, Lion type 3, Arches type 5	Detail

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