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Obverse
Piece mpc2r-ba05v5 (Obverse)
Photo from piece mpc2r-ba05v5: Design B, Type A. Date 1821 BS. Variety #5
Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries
Reverse
Piece mpc2r-ba05v5 (Reverse)
Photo from piece mpc2r-ba05v5: Design B, Type A. Date 1821 BS. Variety #5
Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries
Characteristics
  • Date: 1821 BS
  • General: Circular shape.
  • Obverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. Two pillars of Hercules with capitals on the top, both pillars are cut by three horizontal lines, providing three rows of legends in three parts. In the center of the first row appears "2", in the second row appers "PLV", "SVL" and "TRA"; in the third row appears "B.", year and "S." (B.S. means the engraver Bartolomé Salinas). In the bottom appears "CARACAS" and below some wavelines which represents the sea.
  • Reverse: Dentacles beading with no rim. Allegorical spanish arms created by Jerusalem potent cross, which lions and castles appear alternately inside each cuadrant. Each quadrant is closed by arcs. On the left and right of the cross, appears "F" and "7", meaning Ferdinand VII. In the top and bottom of the cross appears "2".
  • Common name: Morillera
  • Circulation: This was a royalist coinage.
Issues
SCWC Piece Code Date Mintage
Note
C6.1mpc2r-ba05 Entry with photo1821 BS110,000
Variety "e" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Inverted "1".
Waves #7
Castle #2
Lion #3
Arches #2
C6.2mpc2r-ba05v2 Entry with photo1821 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "d" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: without "A" in "PLV-SVL-TRA". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed.
Waves #7
Castle #2
Lion #3
Arches #5
N/Lmpc2r-ba05v3 Entry with photo1821 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "b" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: "CARCAS" instead of "CARACAS". Inverted "1". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed.
Waves #7
Castle #2
Lion #3
Arches #5
N/Lmpc2r-ba05v4 Entry with photo1821 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "c" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Small "s" in "CARACAS". Inverted "1". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed.
Waves #7
Castle #2
Lion #3
Arches #5
N/Lmpc2r-ba05v5 Entry with photo1821 BS(Inc. above)
Variety "a" according to Thomas Stohr. Obverse: Inverted "1". Reverse: Lion/Castle transposed.
Waves #7
Castle #2
Lion #3
Arches #5
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