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| Emittent | Casa de Moneda de Caracas |
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| Jahr | 1817-1821 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reversbeschreibung | The reverse displays a quartered shield of the Royal Arms of Castile and León, divided by a plain cross, with a rampant lion in the upper-left and lower-right quarters and a turreted castle in the upper-right and lower-left quarters. The crowned monogram or value numeral 2 appears at the top of the field, with the denomination numeral 2 repeated at the bottom. The initial F for Fernando and the regnal numeral 7 flank the shield to the left and right respectively, affirming allegiance to King Fernando VII. The shield is enclosed within an irregular baroque cartouche, surrounded by a toothed border. |
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| Reverslegende | 2 F 7 2 (Translation: 2 Reales Fernando VII 2 Reales) |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The Casa de Moneda de Caracas operated under extraordinary duress during these years, functioning as the financial arm of royalist resistance while Simón Bolívar's republican forces steadily dismantled Spanish control of the Venezuelan interior. By 1821, the royalist position had collapsed entirely following the Battle of Carabobo, and the mint ceased operations permanently. Coins struck across this window vary considerably in execution — not from carelessness, but from chronic shortages of skilled labor as trained workers fled or defected.
Fewer than a handful of mints in the Americas continued producing currency for the Crown this late into the independence wars.