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Varieties of 1818 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 A, Type C Design B, Type A Design C, Type A
Varieties of 1817 BS Varieties of 1818 BS Varieties of 1819 BS Varieties of 1820 BS Varieties of 1821 BS

1817 BS

mpc2r-ba01 mpc2r-ba01v2 mpc2r-ba01v3 mpc2r-ba01v4 mpc2r-ba01v5 mpc2r-ba01v6 mpc2r-ba01v7

1818 BS

mpc2r-ba02
mpc2r-ba02v2 mpc2r-ba02v3 mpc2r-ba02v4 mpc2r-ba02v5 mpc2r-ba02v6 mpc2r-ba02v7 mpc2r-ba02v8 mpc2r-ba02v9 mpc2r-ba02v10 mpc2r-ba02v11

1819 BS

mpc2r-ba03 mpc2r-ba03v2 mpc2r-ba03v3 mpc2r-ba03v4 mpc2r-ba03v5

1820 BS

mpc2r-ba04 mpc2r-ba04v2 mpc2r-ba04v3
mpc2r-ba04v4 mpc2r-ba04v5 mpc2r-ba04v6 mpc2r-ba04v7

1821 BS

mpc2r-ba05 mpc2r-ba05v2 mpc2r-ba05v3 mpc2r-ba05v4 mpc2r-ba05v5
Obverse
Piece mpc2r-ba02v7 (Obverse)
Reverse
Piece mpc2r-ba02v7 (Reverse)
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Characteristics from Design B, Type A
  • Identification Code: mpc2r-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 "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.
  • Composition: Silver
  • Weight: 4.3 - 5.3 Grams
  • Module: 23 mm
  • Thickness: 25 mm
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: mpc2r-ba02v7
  • Date: 1818 BS
  • Mintage: (Inc. above) (estimated).
  • Minter: Royal Mint Caracas
  • Note: Variety "f" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA".
    Waves #4
    Castle #1
    Lion #2
    Arches #4
Identification in other catalogs
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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