Common name
This coin was commonly known as "Medio", because the value is half of a "Real", a denomination that was widely used in the colony and beginning of the country.
Equivalence in sucessor monetary units
This denomination is equivalent in value to "5 Centavos" (from the monetary units "Venezolano" and "Peso Fuerte"), "1/4 Bolívar" and "25 Centimos" (from the sucessor monetary unit "Bolívar")