1936 Foreign Coin Something?
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Sorry, not a clue about this coin. Could you ID it for me please. Silver?
Thanks!
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Simón Bolívar appeared on a number of Venezuelan coins over the years. Yours looks to one of ones listed here: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=venezuela&r=&st=all&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=&ie=&ca=3&no=&v=&a=1936&dg=&i=&b=&m=&f=&t=&t2=&w=&mt=&u=&g=
Thank you @cinque1543
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The diameter of the coin would be helpful.
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Diameter? No idea. Does this help?
I'm just trying to look this sucker up in the pop reports. Having a hard time just doing that! I'm trying to find the lowest one straight graded. My first thought this one might be close to a PO1.
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A 18 mm coin looks like a Venezuela half Bolivar about the size of a US dime.
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Yep, that's the one - a half-bolivar.
If my reading of the pop report is correct, the lowest grade PCGS has assigned for a 1936 1/2 bolivar is AU-55, with a grand total of 16 graded.
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Really? Only AU-55? I'm going to check the other pop reports as well, to see what's out there. Thanks @Sapyx !
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Of the 4278 Venezuelan coins graded by PCGS and added to their database, only two have been given PO-1 grades: they are both 2 bolivares (same design as yours, but bigger), one dated 1911 and one 1913. The 1913 one is illustrated on the pop report for that date: https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/venezuela/1913-2-bol/2433?sn=941200&h=pop
That might give you some idea of what a PO-1 Venezuelan coin needs to look like.
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Outstanding @Sapyx Thank you! Yes, that's exactly what I needed to look at.
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How exactly did you find it in the PCGS pop report?
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Click on that first "Venezuela", below the category header - the one without a province name. It should give you a full country count summary, then scroll through several pages to find the two that have a number under PO1.
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