Piece mv20bs-cc01 : Coin of 20 Bolívares : Date 2002 : Venezuela

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Photographic reference

Obverse

Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

Reverse

Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Characteristics from Design C, Type C

Identification Code: mv20bs-cc
General: Circular shape with plain edge.
Obverse: Heptagonal rim with no beading. In the center, over the field, bust of Simon Bolivar facing left (from the viewer's perspective), with "BARRE" below (from the original engraver), surrounded by the legends "Bolívar" at left and "LIBERTADOR" at right.
Reverse: Circular rim with dentacles beading. In the center, over the field body of the Coat of Arms with a horse stand up toward the right looking at left (from the viewer's perspective) and the face value "20 BOLIVARES". Surrounding the field, the country name "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA" «Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela». In the exergue the year.
Similarities of the reverse design: The design is similar to Design C, Type B, with a change in the shape of the "2" of the number "20".
Composition: Zinc - Aluminium alloy
Weight: 3.265 Grams
Module: 20 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm

Characteristics

Identification Code: mv20bs-cc01
Date: 2002
Mintage: 235,192,000.
Minter: Venezuelan Mint

Identification in other catalogs

Standard catalog of world coins (SCWC): Y81a.2

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 2001-2014 (8th edition - 2014)

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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Photographic reference
Characteristics from Design C, Type C
Characteristics
Identification in other catalogs
Recommended bibliography

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