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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4600723, member: 102103&quot;]Day 104:&nbsp; Venezuela, 2 Bolívares, 1926</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; BOLÍVAR&nbsp; LIBERTADOR&nbsp; BARRE (engraver)</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA&nbsp; GRAM.10.1926.LEI 835.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like a number of Latin American coins, it gives the weight (10 g) and fineness </p><p>(0.835) directly on the coin.&nbsp; Oddly, I don&#039;t think the denomination of 2 Bolívares</p><p>is given anywhere on the coin. This type was minted for quite a while, from 1879</p><p>to 1936.&nbsp; Mintages are higher later in the series.&nbsp; About 1 million for 1926.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139349[/ATTACH]</p><p>I couldn&#039;t quite make out the words on the ribbon on the reverse.&nbsp; Looking around </p><p>on the internet for a clearer example turned out to be a deeper rabbit hole than I </p><p>had anticipated.&nbsp; The then current <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Venezuela#/media/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Venezuela_(1871).svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Venezuela#/media/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Venezuela_(1871).svg" rel="nofollow">Coat of Arms</a> of Venezuela has a similar design, </p><p>but the words on the ribbon are in a different order, with the dates on the top row</p><p>instead of in the middle.&nbsp; For comparison, here&#039;s my 1912 5 Bolívares:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139385[/ATTACH] </p><p>The ribbon on this is a little clearer.&nbsp; I take it to be:&nbsp; &quot;INDEPENDENCIA&nbsp; LIBERTAD&nbsp; </p><p>5 DE JULIO 1811&nbsp;&nbsp; 13 DE ABRIL 1864&nbsp; DIOS Y FED.&quot;&nbsp; I believe July 5 is Venezuela&#039;s </p><p>national day, celebrating independence from Spain in 1811.&nbsp; Venezuela had a civil </p><p>war from 1859-1863.&nbsp; Afterward there was a Constitutional Congress for the federal</p><p>United States of Venezuela (1864-1959).&nbsp; The constitution was ratified on April 13, </p><p>1864, which matches the date on the 5 Bolívares coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 2 Bolívares has some date in March on the right, so it&#039;s probably the same one</p><p>from the coat of arms:&nbsp; March 28, 1864.&nbsp; That appears to be the date when the </p><p>1864 constitution was drafted.&nbsp; I can&#039;t find any references in English, but <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitución_de_los_Estados_Unidos_de_Venezuela_de_1864" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitución_de_los_Estados_Unidos_de_Venezuela_de_1864" rel="nofollow">here&#039;s</a> one</p><p>in Spanish which confirms the two 1864 dates.&nbsp; Venezuela has had <a href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/venezuela-constitutions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/venezuela-constitutions" rel="nofollow">27 different </a></p><p><a href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/venezuela-constitutions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/venezuela-constitutions" rel="nofollow">constitutions</a>(!) since independence in 1811, so I&#039;m not sure why the 1864 one </p><p>stands out especially for commemoration.&nbsp; Anyway, piecing all this info together, </p><p>I believe the ribbon on the 2 Bolívares coin is almost exactly the same as on the </p><p>5, but they have two different dates celebrating the creation and ratification of the </p><p>Constitution of 1864 on 3/28/1864 and 4/13/1864.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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