20 Bolívares

Features

Issuer	Venezuela
Period	Fourth Republic (1953-1999)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1998-1999
Value	20 Bolivars (20 bolívares) (20 VEB)
Currency	Bolivar (1879-2007)
Composition	Nickel clad steel
Weight	4.32 g
Diameter	20 mm
Thickness	2.06 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	31 December 2011
Number	N# 2564
References	Y# 76.1, 76.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes). , NCV# mv20bs-b Catálogo Numismático de Venezuela (https://www.numismatica.info.ve/en/index.htm)

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Obverse

Coat of arms flanked by date. With legend around and value at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
• REPÚBLICA DE VENEZUELA •
1998
20
BOLÍVARES

Translation: Republic of Venezuela

Reverse

Bust left flanked with legend and engraver's name at base. Inside heptagon.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BOLÍVAR LIBERTADOR
BARRE

Translation: Bolivar Liberator

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Casa de la Moneda de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela (1999-date)
	Czech Mint (Česká mincovna), Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic (1993-date)
	Hungarian mint, Budapest, Hungary (1925-date)

Comments

Each year different dies.

Obverse
Die 1 - large portrait, BARRE to left.
Die 2 - small portrait, BARRE to right.

Reverse
Die A - wide script to "20", horizontal grid behind horse, no grid for ground.
Die B - condensed script to "20", no grid behind horse, but there is grid for ground.

Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev.

Combinations
1+A: 1998, Ceska Mincova and Budapest Mints.
2+B: 1999, Maracay mint.

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1998		$ 0.34	$ 0.35	$ 0.43	$ 0.93	Y#76.1; NCV# mv20bs-ba; Czech mint and Budapest mint	67%
1999	$ 0.23	$ 0.29	$ 0.39	$ 0.60	$ 0.60	Y#76.2; NCV# mv20bs-bb; Maracay mint	58%

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