Coins from Venezuela : 1/2 Bolívar (Real) : 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)

Design A

Obverse Photo from piece mv0.5bs-aa16 Reverse Photo from piece mv0.5bs-aa04	Coins classified inside of Design A: Design A, Type A 1879, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1893, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1921, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1936

Design B

Obverse Photo from piece mv0.5bs-ba03 Reverse Photo from piece mv0.5bs-ba03	Coins classified inside of Design B: Design B, Type A 1944, 1945, 1946

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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