Photo from piece mv5bs-ca02: Design C, Type A. Date 1987 Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
Reverse
Photo from piece mv5bs-ca02: Design C, Type A. Date 1987 Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
Characteristics
Date: 1987
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, body of the Coat of Arms with a horse stand up toward the right looking at left (from the viewer's perspective), with the motto "19 DE ABRIL DE 1810", "INDEPENDENCIA", "20 DE FEBRERO DE 1859", "FEDERACION" and "REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA" «Republic of Venezuela». Surrounding the field, the legend "REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA" «Republic of Venezuela». In the exergue, the year and the face value "5 BOLIVARES"the year.