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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Armijo, post: 530858, member: 17493&quot;]The coins are really nice. :thumb: I do have a silver coin from venezuela but have never looked at it quite throughly.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I also have one bimetallic of 1000 bolivares</p><p>[ATTACH]41467.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]41468.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This coin has quite a history. Like all venezuelan coins the obverse has the bust of Simon Bolivar, the libertador. This is law since 1873.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The coin was minted and put in circulation in 2006 but the year on the coin is 2005. The authorities took notice of this and it was retired from circulation only 5 weeks after it was first released.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The argument is that the shield was minted upon the regulations valid in 2005. but since it was released in 2006 then the government decided to retire it from circulation because in march 2006 the national shield was modified by law. The changes consist in the addition of an eight star in the flag and the orientation of the horse. (towards the left) Since Chavez belongs to the left party of Venezuela.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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