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10 Bolívares Pattern

Issuer Venezuela
Year 1989
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Currency Bolivar (1879-2007)
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Reverse script Latin
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Mint Deutsche Nickel AG, Schwerte (Germany)
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Additional information

Venezuela's monetary system underwent a significant redenomination push in the late 1980s as chronic inflation eroded the bolívar's purchasing power, prompting the Banco Central to commission pattern trials for a restructured coinage series. This piece belongs to that exploratory phase — patterns from this period were struck in multiple metal compositions as the central bank evaluated durability and production costs before committing to circulating issues.

The NCV reference suggests this remains incompletely catalogued in major references, a situation common for Venezuelan pattern material from this decade, much of which was struck in small quantities and dispersed without systematic documentation.

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