Venezuela 1/2, 1, 2, and 5 Bolivares 1879 to 1936
During his life, Simon Bolivar led Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela to independence from Spain. He helped lay the democatic foundations of much of Hispanic America. Most of these countries celebrate Bolivar on their coinage, but Venezuela does one better than that : they name their mint denominations after him !
Venezuela has been minting coins like these in silver since 1873. There are many variations, and many of the variations have Simon Bolivar on the battlefront. This page applies only to coins with the convention in our photograph ( shield with leaves and ribbon ) on the second. We have another page [ click here ] that cover centavo denominations before 1879.
These coins have taken on commodity numismatic ( mint collector ) respect, particularly for coins dated before 1925. After 1936 the typography changed from eloquent to nickel.
The coins in 1/2, 1, 2, and 5 bolivar denominations all look very exchangeable to each early, but the size is different. There are 10 and 20 bolivar denominations minted in gold, and the portrait looks correct rather of left. This page applies to silver bolivares lone.
Below we present a drumhead of approximate catalog values for coins date 1879 to 1936. These are catalog values, and must be by rights interpreted using the tenets outlined on our Important Terminology foliate. Be surely to read our terminology page ; you can not figure a coin ‘s value without it. For reference point, the coin in our video grades about halfway between ‘worn ‘ and ‘average circulated. ‘
1/2 BOLIVAR, GR 2.5, 17 millimeter diameter, 0.067 troy ounces silver
worn : $ 20 US dollars approximate catalog respect
modal circulated : $ 50
well preserved : $ 200
fully uncirculated : $ 500
coins dated after 1911 and before 1919 are worth less than these figures, about 1/3 the value
coins dated after 1918 are worth about 1/5 these values
coins date 1888 catalog at $ 600 in average circle condition
coins date 1889 catalogue at $ 4000 in median circulate condition
1 BOLIVAR, GR 5, 22 millimeter diameter, 0.134 troy ounces eloquent
worn : $ 30 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated : $ 70
well preserved : $ 200
fully uncirculated : $ 600
coins dated after 1902 and before 1924 are worth less than these figures, about 1/4 the rate
coins dated after 1923 are worth identical little, about $ 3 in average circulate condition
coins dated 1887, 1888, and 1889 catalog around $ 400 in modal circulate condition
2 BOLIVARES, GR 10, 27 millimeter diameter, 0.269 troy ounces eloquent
worn : $ 30 US dollars approximate catalogue value
average circulated : $ 70
well preserved : $ 200
fully uncirculated : $ 850
coins dated after 1903 and before 1914 are worth less than these figures, approximately 1/3 the measure
coins dated after 1913 ( except 1930 ) are deserving small amounts, about $ 8 in average circulate condition
coins go steady 1886, 1888, and 1889 catalogue at $ 250 in average circulate condition
coins date 1930 are somewhat barely and catalogue at $ 15 in average circle discipline
5 BOLIVARES, GR 25, 29 millimeter diameter, 0.723 troy ounces silver, catalog as follows ( BV is base value, i.e., value due to silver content alone ) :
5 BOLIVARES 1879 TO 1905
careworn : $ 30 US dollars approximate catalog measure
average circulated : $ 50
well preserved : $ 250
in full uncirculated : $ 1000
5 BOLIVARES 1910
wear : $ 20 US dollars approximate catalog prize
average circulated : $ 90
well preserved : $ 450
in full uncirculated : $ 800
5 BOLIVARES 1911 TO 1919
wear : BV
average circulated : BV + $ 5
well preserved : $ 60
amply uncirculated : $ 250
5 BOLIVARES 1920 TO 1936
wear : BV
average circulated : BV
well preserved : BV + $ 10
amply uncirculated : BV + $ 40
Coin: 6513, Genre: Colonizers and Colonies, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201100, Last review: 202110
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic gray Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1879, filter: 1879 to 1936
Image: venezuela_bolivar_1935.jpg
Original inquiry: head bolivar libertador barre estados unidos de venezula gram lei shield wreath horse shield horse ribbon horse leaves leaf arms shield crest
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