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Obverse
Piece mv100bs-ca01 (Obverse)
Reverse
Piece mv100bs-ca01 (Reverse)
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Characteristics from Design C, Type A
  • Identification Code: mv100bs-ca
  • General: Circular shape with continous grained edge.
  • Obverse: Circular rim without beading. In the center, over the field, bust of Andrés Bello from unknown author, with the legends "ANDRES BELLO" on the top and on the bottom "1781-1981".
  • Reverse: Circular rim without beading. In the center, over the field, single signature of Don Andrés Bello within a concentrical circle. Surrounding the field, the legend "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela», the metallic millesimal fineness "LEY 835", the weight "27 grs." and the face value "100 BOLIVARES".
  • Conmemotative motive: Bicentenary of the birth of Andrés Bello.
  • Composition: Ley 835 (83,5% silver, 16,5% copper)
  • Weight: 27 Grams
  • Module: 37 mm
  • Thickness: 2.91 mm
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: mv100bs-ca01
  • Date: 1981
  • Mintage: 500,000.
  • Minter: Vereignite Deutsche Metallwerke (Werdohl)
Identification in other catalogs
  • Standard catalog of world coins (SCWC): Y57
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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