Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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  5. 50 Céntimos (Bolívar)
  6. Design A
  7. Type B
  8. 1960
  9. mv50cts-ab01
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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
Design A, Type A Design A, Type B Design B, Type A Design B, Type B
Obverse
Piece mv50cts-ab01 (Obverse)
Photograph credits: Subastas Globus
Reverse
Piece mv50cts-ab01 (Reverse)
Photograph credits: Subastas Globus
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Characteristics from Design A, Type B
  • Identification Code: mv50cts-ab
  • General: Circular shape with continous grained edge.
  • Obverse: Circular rim with dentacles beading. In the center, over the field, bust of Simon Bolivar facing left (from the viewer's perspective), with "BARRE" below (from the original engraver), surrounded by the legends "Bolívar" at left and "LIBERTADOR" at right.
  • Reverse: Circular rim with dentacles beading. In the center, over the field. In the exergue, the face value "50 CENTIMOS", the year, the weight "GR. 2.5" and the metallic millesimal fineness "LEI 835".
  • Curiosity: In the coinage of 1960, in the obverse, there is an lark and a horn, which represent the administration and the engraver from the Paris Mint.
  • Composition: Ley 835 (83.5% Silver)
  • Weight: 2.5 Grams
  • Module: 18 mm
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: mv50cts-ab01
  • Date: 1960
  • Mintage: 20,000,000 (estimated).
  • Minter: Paris Mint
Identification in other catalogs
  • Standard catalog of world coins (SCWC): Y36a
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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