Coins from Venezuela : 5 Céntimos : 1945 : Design B, Type B

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Obverse

Photo from piece mv5cts-bb01. Photograph credits: Numismática Globus

Reverse

Photo from piece mv5cts-bb01. Photograph credits: Numismática Globus

Characteristics

Date: 1945
General: Circular shape with plain edge.
Obverse: Circular rim with dot beading. In the center, over the field, the face value "5" / "CENTIMOS" within two laurel wreaths of 12 leaves and 18 berries, both linked from the bottom.
Reverse: Circular rim with dot beading. In the center, over the field, body of the Coat of Arms with a wild horse running toward the right looking at left (from the viewer's perspective). Above, seven stars (the fourth one being the center and bigger), that represents the seven provinces that signed the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence. Surrounding the field, the country name "ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA" (United States of Venezuela). In the exergue, the year.
Variations: The design is the same to Design B, Type A resuming the use of copper-nickel for coin minting.

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Date of Issue

WCC	Piece Code	Date	Mintage	Minter	Note
Y29a	mv5cts-bb01	1945	12,000,000	Philadelphia Mint		Detail

Recommended bibliography

Venezuelan Coins by Mercedes Carlota Pardo
Coins of Venezuela by Tomás Stohr
The names of the coins in Venezuela by Marco Antonio Martínez for further information about the common names for coins.

Venezuelan Commemorative, Numismatic coins and metallic medals by Asdrúbal Grillet Correa for further information about conmemorative coins.

Dates

1945
1946
1948

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