VENEZUELA. Caracas. 1/4 Real, 1805. Charles IV. NGC VG Details--Environmental Damage.

KM-C-2; Stohr-2. An EXTREMELY RARE early copper issue, this example shows evidence of environmental damage like virtually all survivors, however the resulting surface granularity is even across the coin. Rather importantly, the designs are also pleasingly presented, with an exceptionally bold '5' in the date. As such, an important coin, fit for any advanced collection that contains Venezuela's earliest coinage. In order to deal with the money shortage in the Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish royalists began striking low denomination copper coins (1/4 and 1/8 Reals) in Caracas in 1802.

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