Currency of Venezuela then closed for good (October 1830). copper: silver: Peso (Peso sencillo) = 8 Reales = 100 Centavos or 80 Centavos fuertes Peso fuerte = 10 Reales = 100 Centavos fuertes (from 1832) The currency in 1830 was chaotic. Circulation consisted of old silver macuquina minted at Caracas under both royalists and republicans and of silver and gold coin from the various American states, especially from Colombia. Good quality silver coin tended to disappear from circulation (being used to pay for imports). Macuquina and worn coin remained to serve retail trade. The government published a table December 30, 1830 fixing the
Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Spain) the other in Burgos. Silver 2000-peseta coins have been minted every year since 1994. Each year a €12 silver coin is released to continue this tradition in the new currency. The first of such was in 2002 celebrating Spain’s presidency of the E.U. Each of the participating countries issues a sister coin dedicated to a particular theme. Each coin also depicts the coat of arms of the other countries. The participants are Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru & Portugal. In 2003 the 5th series was released the theme was "Sailing", this was later followed by the 6th