Very small coin. 25 centimos 1960, silver .835, weight - 1,25 g., size - 16 mm, mintage - 48000000 pcs. Single release only.
50 centimos 1960, silver .835, weight - 2,5 g., size - 18 mm, thickness - 1,3 mm, mintage - 20000000 pcs. Single release only.
1 bolivar 1965, silver .835, weight - 5 g., size - 23 mm, thickness - 1,5 mm, mintage - 20000000 pcs. Coins of this type were released at 1960 and 1965.
2 bolivares 1965, silver .835, weight - 10 g., size - 27 mm, mintage - 7170000 pcs. Coins of this type were released at 1960 & 1965.
And the last one. It is not silver, but I like the design. 12-1/2 centimos 1946, copper-nickel, weight - 5 g., size - 23 mm, thickness - 1,7 mm, mintage - 9200000 pcs. Coins of this type were released at 1945, 1946 and 1948.
Quite a lot of text below the coat of arms on the silver coins. What I also find amusing is that the 12½ céntimo denomination was introduced again a few years ago, with the "Bolívar Fuerte". There was a 0.10 coin and this 0.125 coin - but no half céntimo and no 2½ céntimos either ... Christian
It is not silver coins. But I like their design. Face value: 5 bolivares. Rather big coins (like half dollar).
You would think that S. America would have zillions of silver coins. Mexico as well. The thing is there is a world silver spot market so that always comes into the equation. I looked at a chart of gold spot prices over the last 100 years and there have been at three spikes and long periods of decades when gold lost value. Really horrible investment unless you can read the future and the value of gold makes up much of the value of most gold coins (silver as well but not so much). It seems just after a economic crash the price of both gold and silver takes off, but nobody can predict these things. I don't remember anyone predicting the financial end of the world in 2006-7, but by 2011 the price of gold and silver were off the charts and then slide but had uptick lately. I feel better when I just collect coins for the hell of it. You know in 1933 FDR stopped sale of gold and gold coins in vaults was melted down thus making gold coins of late 1920's so valuable.
5 centimos 1946, copper-nickel, weight - 2,4 g., size - 19,1 mm, thickness - 1,28 mm, mintage - 12000000 pcs. Coins of this type were released at 1945, 1946 and 1948. Demonetized at December 31 2011.
That is far from the truth. I got into PMs at around that time (a little earlier if I recall) because there were lots of people in the alternative media predicting exactly what did happen. I sold some of it in the period 2010-2011 for a nice little profit and kept the rest. Still happily sitting on it waiting for the next collapse, which should occur in my lifetime but is hard to predict for us mere mortals.
5 centimos 1958, copper-nickel, weight - 2,5 g., size - 19,24 mm, thickness - 1,06 mm, mintage - 25000000 pcs. Philadelphia Mint (USA). Coins of this type were released at 1958 (in fact all of a coins with the date "1958" were minted at 1959), 1964-65 and 1971. Demonetized at December 31 2011.
The 12-1/2 Centimos was first issued in 1896, then in 1925, 1927, 1938, 1944 (brass), '45, '46, '58. Fun set. I am still looking for a nice 1925 & 1927
