Coins from the Province of Caracas : 0.25 Real : 1821 : Design A, Type A

National Leprosarium Province of Barinas Province of Caracas Province of Guayana Province of Maracaibo Province of Margarita Táchira State Venezuela

1/8 Real 1/4 Real 1/2 Real 1 Real 2 Reales 4 Reales

Design A, Type A Design B, Type A Design C, Type A Design D, Type A

1802 1804 1805 1813 1814 1816 1817 1818 1821

Obverse

Photo from piece mpc0.25r-aa09v12: Design A, Type A. Date 1821. Variety #12
Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries

Reverse

Photo from piece mpc0.25r-aa09v12: Design A, Type A. Date 1821. Variety #12
Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries

Characteristics

Date: 1821
General: Circular shape with plain edge.
Obverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. In the center, inside a laurel wreath, a lion holding a dotted or solid oval, with a cross within, which represents the Caracas Arms. In the top, a five points Royal Crowns. Around the perimeter, the legends "CARACAS", "AÑO DE" and the year in the bottom.
Reverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. In the top, interlaced trigram with the letters "VNZ" which represents Venezuela. On the top, the ammount "1/4" with each side a laurel wreath ended in the middle of the field.
Circulation: This was a royalist coinage.
Note: Due to the poor quality of coin minting for that time, the coins classified here contains design variations but mantain the same elements.

Issues

SCWC	Piece Code	Date	Mintage
SCWC	Note
C2	mpc0.25r-aa09	1821	650,000
C2	Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr Crown #31 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #6 Branch #24 Branch #11
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v2	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "b" according to Thomas Stohr. "AÑO" Crown #21 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #6 Branch #24 Branch #7
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v3	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "c" according to Thomas Stohr. "1/4" without "/" on the reverse Crown #21 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #6 Branch #24 Branch #11
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v4	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "d" according to Thomas Stohr Crown #32 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #6 Branch #25 Branch #12
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v5	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "e" according to Thomas Stohr Crown #23 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #6 Branch #26 Branch #12
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v6	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "f" according to Thomas Stohr. "1/4" without "/" and Inverted "1" on the reverse Crown #33 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #7 Branch #27 Branch #7
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v7	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "g" according to Thomas Stohr. dot "18.21" and Inverted "1" on the obverse. Crown #33 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #7 Branch #27 Branch #7
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v8	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "h" according to Thomas Stohr. dot "1821" and Inverted "1" on the obverse. Crown #33 Oval #3 Cross #5 Lion #7 Branch #27 Branch #7
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v9	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "i" according to Thomas Stohr. dot "1821" and Inverted "1" on the reverse. Crown #32 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #7 Branch #28 Branch #7
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v10	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "j" according to Thomas Stohr Crown #34 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #6 Branch #20 Branch #7
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v11	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Variety "k" according to Thomas Stohr Crown #31 Oval #2 Cross #6 Lion #5 Branch #24 Branch #12
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v12	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Crown #33 Oval #3 Cross #5 Lion #7 Branch #25 Branch #12
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v13	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Crown #31 Oval #3 Cross #5 Lion #5 Branch #24 Branch #11
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v14	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	"1/4" without "/". Crown #31 Oval #3 Cross #5 Lion #7 Branch #24 Branch #7
N/L	mpc0.25r-aa09v15	1821	(Inc. above)
N/L	Crown #31 Oval #3 Cross #5 Lion #5 Branch #24 Branch #7