Coins from Venezuela : 1/4 Bolívar (Medio) : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Information about coins of 1/4 Bolívar

Common name

This coin was commonly known as "Medio", because the value is half of a "Real", a denomination that was widely used in the colony and beginning of the country.

Equivalence in sucessor monetary units

This denomination is equivalent in value to "5 Centavos" (from the monetary units "Venezolano" and "Peso Fuerte"), "1/2 Real", "1/4 Bolívar" and "25 Centimos" (from the sucessor monetary unit "Bolívar")

Predecessor pieces

The predecessor coins that had the same value were 1/4 Bolívar, 5 Centavos (from the monetary unit Venezolano) and 1/2 Real (from the monetary unit Peso Fuerte)

Sucessor pieces

The successor coins that had the same value were 25 Céntimos (from the monetary unit Bolívar).

Coins of 1/4 Bolívar (Medio)

Design A

Obverse Photo from piece mv0.25bs-aa03 Reverse Photo from piece mv0.25bs-aa01	Coins classified inside of Design A: Design A, Type A 1894, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1921, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948

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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