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1 Real 'Chipi-Chipi' Caujaral - Necessity coinage
| Issuer | Barinas |
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| Year | 1817-1824 |
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| Value | 1 Real |
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| Obverse description | The octagonal flan is divided into a grid of raised linear bars forming rectangular compartments, each containing individual letters or numerals in crude, hand-cut Latin characters. The central registers display the letters S and V above a partial date, with additional letters distributed across the surrounding compartments in a counter-matrix arrangement typical of Chipi-Chipi necessity coinage. The execution is entirely hand-engraved with no formal artistic convention, reflecting the emergency nature of the issue. The field is flat and unadorned beyond the matrix of inscribed elements. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold plain cross divides the octagonal flan into four quadrants, each containing a crude arrangement of raised figures or devices in imitation of Spanish colonial coinage. The four quarters display indistinct ornamental elements — possibly castles and lions rendered in a highly simplified, almost abstract manner consistent with emergency hand-struck issues. The cross arms are thick and undecorated, reaching nearly to the clipped edge of the flan. The overall design deliberately evokes the quartered type of contemporary Spanish colonial reales, though executed with the most rudimentary engraving tools available. |
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