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
National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades than 100 in 1930. It merged with the Society of Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Kindred Trades in 1969, pushing membership up to 250. The union's Irish members transferred to the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union in 1976, but membership of the union generally increased; by 1979, it had risen to 2,308. In 1981, NUGSAT into with the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section. National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades The National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades (NUGSAT) was a trade union in Britain and Ireland. It represented workers in precious metals, jewellers, diamond polishers, electroplaters, watch and