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Varieties of 1818 BS (1830)
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 1818 BS (1830)

1818 BS (1830)

mpc2r-ca01 mpc2r-ca01v2 mpc2r-ca01v3 mpc2r-ca01v4 mpc2r-ca01v5
Obverse
Piece mpc2r-ca01v2 (Obverse)
Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries
Reverse
Piece mpc2r-ca01v2 (Reverse)
Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries
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Characteristics from Design C, Type A
  • Identification Code: mpc2r-ca
  • 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. At left and right of the cross appears a star. In the top and bottom of the cross appears "2".
  • Circulation: Coinage under Gran Colombia.
  • Composition: Silver
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: mpc2r-ca01v2
  • Date: 1818 BS (1830)
  • Mintage: 268,129 (estimated).
  • Minter: Royal Mint Caracas
  • Note: Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Large "CARACAS".
    Waves #4
    Castle #2
    Lion #2
    Arches #2
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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