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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joshua Lemons, post: 26417691, member: 82388&quot;]The reverse clearly shows the weight in grams.&nbsp; It seems a Bolivar weighed in at 5 grams. Naturally, 5 bolivars would be 5 times that. Conversely, the quarter Bolivar was, 1.25 grams. </p><p>Now I don&#039;t know for certain, but I think it was more important to know the silver weight and fineness in this era because silver&#039;s intrinsic value rose and fell regularly. I think this method helped when the market was volatile. </p><p>Much of Latin America held onto silver in their circulating coins long after the rest of the world switched to base metals.&nbsp; They did this by reducing the size of the coins or the fineness. </p><p>Much like most people can tell what a coin is without giving it much of a glance, I&#039;m sure people of the time didn&#039;t necessarily have a problem figuring out what coin they had. Plus, the law may not even require the denomination to be on the coin.</p><p>Interestingly, it seems it&#039;s the only coin of the time from Venezuela that is 90%, the rest are the more standard 83.5%.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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