1987 (c) Venezuelan 5 Bolivars

Obverse
1987 (c) Venezuelan 5 Bolivars (Obverse)

Reverse
1987 (c) Venezuelan 5 Bolivars (Reverse)

Type Details
Country:  Venezuela 
Period:  Republic 
Face value:  5 Bolivares 
Dates:  From 1977 to 1988 
Purpose:  Circulation 
 
Obverse:  Coat of Arms 
Legend:  REPÚBLICA DE VENEZUELA * 5 BOLÍVARES * 
 
Reverse:  Head of Simón Bolívar facing left 
Legend:  BOLÍVAR LIBERTADOR 
 
Edge:  Reeded 
 
Designer(s) / Engraver(s): 
  Désiré-Albert Barre 
 
Catalogue:  Y# 53 

Currency
Unit:  Venezuelan bolivar 
System:  Second reform coinage 
 
Fractions:  100 Centimos = 1 Bolivar
 
Mint Marks: 
A, (a) - Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
(aa) - Altena, Germany
(b) - Berlin, Germany
(bb) - La Monnaie Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
(c) - Caracas, Venezuela
(cc) – Canada
(d) - US Mint, Denver, Colorado, United States
H, Heaton - Heaton and Sons, Birmingham, United Kingdom
(l) - The Royal Mint, London, England
(m) - Real Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, Spain
(mm) - Casa de Moneda de México, Mexico City, Mexico
(o) - The Royal Canadian Mint, Ontario, Canada
(p) - US Mint, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
(s) - US Mint, San Francisco, California, United States
(sc) - Vereinigte Deutsche Nickel-Werke, Düsseldorf, Germany
(w) - Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke, Werdohl, Germany

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Issue
Year: 
1987 (c) 
Mint:  Caracas 
Mintage:  25,000,000 
Scarcity: 
 
Valuation: 
Notes:  Y# 53.2 with five pointed stars in the obverse. 

Specifications
Total Weight:  15.0000g (0.48 Oz)  
Composition:  Nickel 
Alignment: 
Coin 
Diameter:  31.00mm 
Thickness:  2.67mm 

Description

Varieties:

  • Y# 53.1 (1977) with six pointed stars in the obverse.
  • Y# 53.2 (1987-1988) with five pointed stars in the obverse.

Value Range
Year Mintage G F VF EF AU UNC BU PF
1987 (c) 25,000,000 $0.50 $0.85 $1.50 $2.00
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