Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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  8. 1818 BS
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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 A, Type C Design B, Type A Design C, Type A
1817 BS 1818 BS 1819 BS 1820 BS 1821 BS
Obverse
Piece mpc2r-ba02v2 (Obverse)
Photo from piece mpc2r-ba02v2: Design B, Type A. Date 1818 BS. Variety #2
Reverse
Piece mpc2r-ba02v2 (Reverse)
Photo from piece mpc2r-ba02v2: Design B, Type A. Date 1818 BS. Variety #2
Characteristics
  • Date: 1818 BS
  • 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 "2", 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 "2".
  • Common name: Morillera
  • Circulation: This was a royalist coinage.
Issues
SCWC Piece Code Date Mintage
Note
C6.1mpc2r-ba02 Entry with photo1818 BS777,000
Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Large date.
Waves #4
Castle #1
Lion #2
Arches #2
C6.2mpc2r-ba02v2 Entry with photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed
Waves #4
Castle #2
Lion #3
Arches #5
N/Lmpc2r-ba02v3 Entry without photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "b" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Medium date.
Waves #4
Castle #1
Lion #2
Arches #2
N/Lmpc2r-ba02v4 Entry without photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "c" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "TRA". Large date.
Waves #4
Castle #1
Lion #2
Arches #3
N/Lmpc2r-ba02v5 Entry without photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "d" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Medium date.
Waves #3
Castle #1
Lion #2
Arches #3
N/Lmpc2r-ba02v6 Entry with photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "e" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "TRA". "S.B" instead of "B.S.".
Waves #4
Castle #1
Lion #2
Arches #2
N/Lmpc2r-ba02v7 Entry with photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "f" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA".
Waves #4
Castle #1
Lion #2
Arches #4
N/Lmpc2r-ba02v8 Entry without photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "g" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". "S.B" instead of "B.S."
Waves #4
Castle #1
Lion #2
Arches #4
N/Lmpc2r-ba02v9 Entry with photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "h" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA".
Waves #4
Castle #1
Lion #3
Arches #2
N/Lmpc2r-ba02v10 Entry without photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "i" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "TRA". "S.B" instead of "B.S."
Waves #4
Castle #1
Lion #3
Arches #2
N/Lmpc2r-ba02v11 Entry without photo1818 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "j" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Large "7".
Waves #4
Castle #1
Lion #4
Arches #3
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