Currency of Venezuela 1, 1862. Copper (Birmingham mint) dated 1858–1863: Silver 0·900 fine (Paris mint) dated 1858: The contract with the Paris Mint for coins with the bust of Gen. Páez, finalized November 7, 1862 was rescinded in June 1863, and coins already minted were melted down. Copper 1 and 2 céntesimos, and silver 1/2, 1, 2, 4, and 10 reales had been ordered. About 200 pieces of the 10-reales, 38 mm, 10·000 g, are thought to have survived. Peso fuerte (Venezolano de oro) = 10 Reales (Décimos) = 100 Centavos The monetary law of June 12, 1865 was based on the gold
Euro gold and silver commemorative coins special coin: the €100,000 Vienna Philharmonic, only 15 coins minted. Austria uses mainly gold and silver for its collectors' coins. However, since 2003 a special bimetal coin, €25 face value, has been minted using silver and colored niobium, giving this set of coins a unique characteristic, since they have different color variations every year. With the exception of the 2004 Vienna Philharmonic coin and the recently introduced 2008 silver €1.25 Vienna Philharmonic, there is no variation in the number of issues when sorted by face value, from €5 to €100 there is a similar number of issues every year. A