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8 Reales
| Issuer | República de Venezuela |
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| Year | 1860 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note on cream-toned paper, with the denomination '8 Reales' printed in large numerals at left and right margins. The centre carries a heading 'REPÚBLICA DE VENEZUELA' above a multi-line legislative text referencing the Decreto del Poder Ejecutivo of 1 de Agosto and the Resolución of 18 de Septiembre de 1860, with an authorized emission figure of $1,000,000. Signature lines for two officials appear in the lower portion, with folio and serial number fields at upper left and upper right respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE VENEZUELA Decreto del Poder Ejecutivo de 1 de Agosto y Resolución de 18 de Setiembre de 1860 $1.000.000 8 Reales Serie N° |
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Venezuela's 1860 8 Reales note exists at an awkward monetary crossroads. The country had officially adopted a decimal system, yet the reales denomination persisted in circulation well into the 1860s because the rural population, particularly in the interior provinces, continued to transact in the old colonial unit. This note was a practical concession to that reality rather than a deliberate policy choice.
Pick 24 is genuinely rare in any condition — surviving examples are few, and the cotton substrate used by Venezuelan issuers of this period is prone to the kind of edge deterioration that affects value sharply at auction.