Venezuela's nickel coinage of the 1960s was produced under contracts with foreign mints — the 1967 one bolívar was struck at the British Royal Mint — a common arrangement for a country whose domestic minting capacity lagged behind monetary demand during the oil-boom decades. These issues circulated heavily through a period of relative economic stability under the democratic governments that followed the end of Marcos Pérez Jiménez's dictatorship in 1958.
Venezuela's nickel coinage of the 1960s was produced under contracts with foreign mints — the 1967 one bolívar was struck at the British Royal Mint — a common arrangement for a country whose domestic minting capacity lagged behind monetary demand during the oil-boom decades. These issues circulated heavily through a period of relative economic stability under the democratic governments that followed the end of Marcos Pérez Jiménez's dictatorship in 1958.