View source for Venezuela 1946 1/2 bolivar

[[Image:VEN_1946_halfbol-obv.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]]
[[Image:VEN_1946_halfbol-rev.JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]]
[[Venezuela]] fully adopted a decimal coinage system in 1871, with 100 centavos = one venezuelano. By 1879, denominations were renamed centimos and bolivares, such that 100 centimos = one bolivar. A crown was equivalent to five bolivares. The official title of the country from 1864 was 'Estados Unidos de Venezuela', a name it would carry until 1953, when the constitution mandated a return to the name 'Republica de Venezuela'.

Shown is a 1945 half bolivar, minted in Philadelphia. The denomination is shown on the reverse as GR.2,500. 

''Recorded mintage'': 2,500,000.

''Specifications'': 2.5g, 0.835 fine silver, 0.0671 oz ASW. 

''Catalog reference'': Y 21a. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Venezuela 1925 5 centimos|1925 5 centimos]]
* [[Venezuela 1944 1/2 bolivar|1944 ½ bolivar]]
* [[Venezuela 1946 5 centimos|1946 5 centimos]]
* [[Venezuela 1946 12 1/2 centimos|1946 12½ centimos]]
* [[Venezuela 1946 1/4 bolivar|1946 ¼ bolivar]]
* [[Venezuela 1954 50 centimos|1954 50 centimos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1946]]
* return to [[Venezuela]]

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