Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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Obverse
Piece mv500bs-aa01p (Obverse)
Photograph credits: Mercadolibre
Reverse
Piece mv500bs-aa01p (Reverse)
Photograph credits: Mercadolibre
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Characteristics from Design A, Type A
  • Identification Code: mv500bs-aa
  • General: Circular shape with continous grained edge.
  • Obverse: Circular rim with dentacles beading. In the right field, inside a frame, bust of Simon Bolivar facing left, with "SIMON BOLIVAR" below the frame. On the left field: "1975", "AÑO DE LA", "NACIONA-", "LIZACIÓN", "DEL", "PETRÓLEO".
  • Reverse: Circular rim with dentacles beading. On the left field, inside a frame, two towers over the Maracaibo Lake. On the right field "REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA" «Republic of Venezuela» and the face value "500 BOLIVARES". In the exergue the weight "18 GRAM.", the year "1975" and the metallic millesimal fineness "LEY 900".
  • Conmemotative motive: Nationalization of the Oil Industry.
  • Composition: Ley 900 (90% Gold)
  • Weight: 18 Grams
  • Module: 30 mm
  • Thickness: 1.82 mm
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: mv500bs-aa01p
  • Date: 1975
  • Mintage: 100 (estimated).
  • Minter: Metalor Acuñaciones, C.A. Caracas
Identification in other catalogs
  • Standard catalog of world coins (SCWC): Y54
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)
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