Currency of Venezuela copper centavos dated 1852 were minted at Birmingham and London. Birmingham Mint Ltd.: Royal Mint, London: Venezolano (Peso) = 10 Reales = 100 Centavos Conversion: 1 venezolano = 5 francos A new monetary law, April 1, 1854, provided for a mint in Caracas to produce a national coinage based on both gold and silver. The gold coins would be: onza, media onza, doblón (1/4 onza), escudo (1/8 onza), and venezolano de oro (1/16 onza or peso de oro). Silver coins were: peso fuerte or venezolano de plata, medio peso, peseta (1/4 peso), real (1/8 peso), and medio real (1/16 peso).
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