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| Emittent | Barinas |
|---|---|
| Jahr | 1817-1824 |
| Typ | Emergency coin |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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| Reversbeschreibung | 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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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Barinas province, deep in the Venezuelan llanos, was effectively cut off from conventional supply chains during the independence wars. Local commanders authorized emergency billon issues — the so-called chipi-chipi coins — struck at improvised facilities from whatever silver-bearing metal could be sourced. The term itself is Venezuelan slang for something small and insignificant, which the coins' recipients apparently agreed with.
Caujaral was one of several provisional minting sites operating under patriot authority during this period, distinct from the royalist-controlled official mints. Surviving examples almost always show crude, irregular flans — not wear, but the original product of hasty field manufacture.