Catalogus
| Uitgever | Banco Central de Venezuela |
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| Jaar | 2004 |
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| Waarde | 500 Bolivars (500 bolívares) (500 VEB) |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
| Diameter | Log in om details te zien |
| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Techniek | Log in om details te zien |
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| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | At center, the national coat of arms of Venezuela appears in small scale alongside the denomination, both sharing the central field. A circular legend arcs along the upper periphery, with the date inscribed at the bottom. The overall layout is enclosed within a plain inner border. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Rand | Log in om details te zien |
| Muntplaats | Log in om details te zien |
| Oplage | Log in om details te zien |
| Aanvullende informatie |
By 2004, Venezuela's monetary system was already buckling under exchange controls imposed the previous year by the Chávez government following the catastrophic general strike of 2002–2003, which had paralyzed PDVSA and collapsed oil output. The 500 bolívar coin — worth roughly 26 U.S. cents at the official rate that year — was among the highest-denomination coins still in practical circulation, though rampant inflation was steadily pushing everyday transactions toward paper.
Within two years, the entire bolívar coinage series would be rendered obsolete by the redenomination that created the bolívar fuerte in 2008, at a conversion rate of 1,000 to 1.