Coins from Venezuela : 50 Céntimos (Bolívar) (Real) : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Information about coins of 50 Céntimos (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 "1/2 Bolívar"

Predecessor pieces

The predecessor coins that had the same value were 10 Centavos (from the monetary unit Venezolano), 1 Real (from the monetary unit Peso Fuerte) and 1/2 Bolívar

Coins of 50 Céntimos (Bolívar) (Real)

Design A

Obverse Photo from piece mv50cts-aa01 Reverse Photo from piece mv50cts-aa01	Coins classified inside of Design A: Design A, Type A Without mintmark 1954 Design A, Type B With mintmark 1960

Design B

Obverse Photo from piece mv50cts-ba02 Reverse Photo from piece mv50cts-ba02	Coins classified inside of Design B: Design B, Type A Nickel 1965, 1985 Design B, Type B Nickel clad steel (90% steel, 10% nickel) 1988, 1989, 1990

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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Information about coins of 50 Céntimos (Bolívar)
Coins of 50 Céntimos (Bolívar) (Real)
Recommended bibliography

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Predecessor
1/2 Bolívar

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