Coins from Venezuela : 5 Céntimos (Bolívar) (Puya / Centavo) : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Information about coins of 5 Céntimos (Bolívar)

Common name

This denomination had the following common names: "Centavo", "chipe", "churupo", "huevo", "nica", "cachito" and "seña".

Equivalence in predecessor monetary units

This denomination is equivalent in value to "1 Centavo" (from the monetary unit "Venezolano" and "Peso Fuerte")

Predecessor pieces

The predecessor coins that had the same value were 1 Centavo (from the monetary unit Venezolano) and 1 Centavo (from the monetary unit Peso Fuerte).

Coins of 5 Céntimos (Bolívar) (Puya / Centavo)

Design A

Obverse Photo from piece mv5cts-aa05 Reverse Photo from piece mv5cts-aa08	Coins classified inside of Design A: Design A, Type A 1896, 1915, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1936, 1938

Design B

Obverse Photo from piece mv5cts-bb01 Reverse Photo from piece mv5cts-bb01	Coins classified inside of Design B: Design B, Type A (Yellow Puya) 1944 Design B, Type B 1945, 1946, 1948

Design C

Obverse Photo from piece mv5cts-ca01 Reverse Photo from piece mv5cts-ca01	Coins classified inside of Design C: Design C, Type A 1958

Design D

Obverse Photo from piece mv5cts-da02 Reverse Photo from piece mv5cts-da03	Coins classified inside of Design D: Design D, Type A Copper clad steel (90% steel, 10% copper) 1974, 1976, 1977 Design D, Type B Nickel clad steel (90% steel, 10% nickel) 1983 Design D, Type C Copper-nickel clad steel (90% steel, 10% copper-nickel) 1986

Design E

Obverse Photo from piece mv5cts-ea02 Reverse Photo from piece mv5cts-ea01	Coins classified inside of Design E: Design E, Type A 1964, 1965, 1971

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 5 Céntimos (Bolívar)
Coins of 5 Céntimos (Bolívar) (Puya / Centavo)
Recommended bibliography

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Predecessor
1 Centavo (Venezolano)

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