Piece mv12.5cts-ba01 : Coin of 12 1/2 Céntimos (Bolívar) : Date 1944 : Venezuela

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Obverse

Photograph credits: Rodolfo Fuentes ✝

Reverse

Photograph credits: Rodolfo Fuentes ✝

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Characteristics from Design B, Type A

Identification Code: mv12.5cts-ba
General: Circular shape with plain edge.
Obverse: Circular rim with dot beading. In the center, over the field, the face value "12 1/2" / "CENTIMOS" within two laurel wreaths of 12 leaves and 18 berries, both linked from the bottom.
Reverse: Circular rim with dot beading. In the center, over the field, body of the Coat of Arms with a wild horse running toward the right looking at left (from the viewer's perspective). Above, seven stars (the fourth one being the center and bigger), that represents the seven provinces that signed the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence. Surrounding the field, the country name "ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA" «United States of Venezuela». In the exergue, the year.
Similarities of the reverse design: From Design A, Type A, varía el diseño del Coat of Arms.
Variations: The metal used was changed temporary from Copper-Nickel to Brass due to the World War II critical requirement for both metals.
Composition: Brass (30% Zinc, 70% Copper)
Weight: 5 Grams
Module: 23 mm

Characteristics

Identification Code: mv12.5cts-ba01
Date: 1944
Mintage: 800,000.
Minter: Denver Mint

Identification in other catalogs

Standard catalog of world coins (SCWC): Y30

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 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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Characteristics from Design B, Type A
Characteristics
Identification in other catalogs
Recommended bibliography

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