Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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Listing by Design/Type Listing by date
National Leprosarium Province of Barinas Province of Caracas Province of Guayana Province of Maracaibo Province of Margarita Táchira State Venezuela
Bolívar Bolívar Digital Bolívar Fuerte Bolívar Soberano Peso Fuerte Venezolano
5 Céntimos (Bolívar) 10 Céntimos (Bolívar) 12 1/2 Céntimos (Bolívar) 25 Céntimos (Bolívar) 50 Céntimos (Bolívar) 1/5 Bolívar 1/4 Bolívar 1/2 Bolívar 1 Bolívar 2 Bolívares
5 Bolívares 10 Bolívares 20 Bolívares 25 Bolívares 50 Bolívares 75 Bolívares 100 Bolívares 500 Bolívares 1000 Bolívares 1100 Bolívares
1300 Bolívares 3000 Bolívares 5000 Bolívares 6000 Bolívares 10,000 Bolívares 20,000 Bolívares 25,000 Bolívares

Predecesor

10 Centavos (Venezolano)

Successor

50 Céntimos (Bolívar) (Bolívar)
Information about coins of 1/2 Bolívar
Common name
This coin, was commonly known as "Real" due to the same value of a widely used coin in the colony and beginning of the country.
Equivalence in other monetary units
This denomination is equivalent in value to "10 Centavos" (from the predecessor monetary units "Venezolano" and "Peso Fuerte"), "1 Real" and "50 CENTIMOS" (from the sucessor monetary unit "Bolívar")
Predecessor pieces
The predecessor coins that had the same value were 10 Centavos (from the monetary unit Venezolano) and 1 Real (from the monetary unit Peso Fuerte)
Sucessor pieces
The successor coins that had the same value were 50 Céntimos from the monetary unit Bolívar.
Design A
Obverse
Piece mv0.5bs-aa18 (Obverse)
Photo from piece mv0.5bs-aa18
Reverse
Piece mv0.5bs-aa15 (Reverse)
Photo from piece mv0.5bs-aa15
Coins classified inside of Design A:
  • Design A, Type A

    1879, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1893, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1921, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1936

Design B
Obverse
Piece mv0.5bs-ba03 (Obverse)
Photo from piece mv0.5bs-ba03
Reverse
Piece mv0.5bs-ba02 (Reverse)
Photo from piece mv0.5bs-ba02
Coins classified inside of Design B:
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