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1 Centavo
| Issuer | Venezuela |
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| Year | 1876-1877 |
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| Currency | Venezolano (1871-1879) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination UN CENTAVO is inscribed in two lines within the centre of the field, enclosed by a wreath of two olive branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The branches rise symmetrically on either side, terminating near the top of the field. The whole is surrounded by a beaded inner rim consistent with the obverse border. |
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Venezuela's earliest decimal coinage was contracted almost entirely to European mints, and this centavo issue was struck in Birmingham — part of a broader mid-1870s monetary reform that replaced the old Spanish colonial weight system with a decimal structure tied loosely to the French Latin Monetary Union framework. Production was consolidated into just two years before the type was discontinued, likely due to chronic funding instability under the Guzmán Blanco administration.