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Varieties of 1820 BS
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 A, Type B Design B, Type A Design C, Type A
Varieties of 1817 BS Varieties of 1820 BS

1817 BS

mpc1r-ba01 mpc1r-ba01v2

1818 BS

mpc1r-ba02

1820 BS

mpc1r-ba03 mpc1r-ba03v2

1821 BS

mpc1r-ba04
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Characteristics from Design B, Type A
  • Identification Code: mpc1r-ba
  • General: Circular shape.
  • Obverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. Two pillars of Hercules with capitals on the top, both pillars are cut by three horizontal lines, providing three rows of legends in three parts. In the center of the first row appears "1", in the second row appers "PLV", "SVL" and "TRA"; in the third row appears "B.", year and "S." (B.S. means the engraver Bartolomé Salinas). In the bottom appears "CARACAS" and below some wavelines which represents the sea.
  • Reverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. Allegorical spanish arms created by Jerusalem potent cross, which lions and castles appear alternately inside each cuadrant. Each quadrant is closed by arcs. On the left and right of the cross, appears "F" and "7", meaning Ferdinand VII. In the top and bottom of the cross appears "1".
  • Circulation: This was a royalist coinage.
  • Composition: Silver
  • Weight: 2.45 - 3.25 Grams
  • Module: 19 - 20 mm.
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: mpc1r-ba03
  • Date: 1820 BS
  • Mintage: 10,729 (estimated).
  • Minter: Royal Mint Caracas
  • Note: Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr. Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed.
    Waves #3
    Castle #2
    Arches #2
    Number #2
    Letter #2
Identification in other catalogs
  • Standard catalog of world coins (SCWC): C5.2
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 2001-2019 (13th edition - 2019)
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