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The Coins of the Venezuelan venezolano circulated between 1874 and 1897. On June 11, 1873, the government ordered subsidiary silver coins of 5, 10, 20, and 50 centésimos de venezolano from Paris. An order for gold coins was placed on September 16, 1874, originally for pieces of 1, 5, 10, and 20 venezolanos, the 20-venezolano gold piece to be ...
In 1894, silver Bs. 1 ⁄ 4 coins were introduced, followed by cupro-nickel 5 and 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 céntimos in 1896. In 1912, production of gold coins ceased, whilst production of the Bs.5 ended in 1936. In 1965, nickel replaced silver in the 25 and 50 céntimos, with the same happening to the 1 and 2 bolívares in 1967.
The new venezolano coins were introduced into circulation in June 1874. The Venezuelan coinage of 1858 had been very limited; the coinage of 1873-1877 marked the establishment of a true, modern national coinage. These coins are the first to use the effigy of Bolívar, the same one still in use in current coins. This design had already been ...
The export of national gold coin was prohibited May 3, 1875, and the import of foreign silver coin was prohibited June 28, 1876. Postage stamps for 1, 5, 10, 30, 50, 90 céntimos or centésimos and for 1, 3, and 5 venezolanos appeared in 1879.
The Venezuelan twelve-and-a-half-céntimo coin (12 + 1 ⁄ 2 céntimos), was a cupro-nickel money and that was worth one-eighth of a silver Venezuelan Bolivar (VEB), [1] this round piece of metal was known also with the very popular nicknames of "locha" (pronounced) [2] or "cuartillo" (pronounced [kwaɾˈtiʝo]).
The Colombian real circulated in Venezuela from 1821, with some coins struck in Caracas. In 1837, the Colombian real was replaced by the Colombian peso (subdivided into 8 reales), which was itself replaced by the Venezuelan peso (subdivided into 10 reales) in 1842 (though it would take a year for the new coins to enter circulation, replacing ...
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