← Read the currency articleVenezolano: research record
Evidence coverage: 1871–1879. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
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Venezolano
FTM000094 · Research draft
A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1871–1879; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
Children / successors
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
The 11 May 1871 reform established the venezolano, with conversion of public and private accounts required from 1 January 1872. Earlier account-unit observation than the existing 1879 replacement anchor; exact primary decree still sought. · C1277
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Earlier unit continuityThe 11 May 1871 reform established the venezolano, with conversion of public and private accounts required from 1 January 1872. Earlier account-unit observation than the existing 1879 replacement anchor; exact primary decree still sought.
Sources and qualifications → Gap review findingA 12 June 1865 law called the peso fuerte the venezolano de oro; continuity to the 1871 system needs direct comparison of both laws. Do not create a node from the gold/silver naming distinction alone.
Sources and qualifications → Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
1871supportedThe 11 May 1871 reform established the venezolano, with conversion of public and private accounts required from 1 January 1872. Earlier account-unit observation than the existing 1879 replacement anchor; exact primary decree still sought.
C1277
Evidence & research notes 3 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C1142
Venezuela’s 1879 reform established the bolívar as monetary unit after the venezolano introduced in 1871. Later bolívar scales remain within the modern profile.
Fundación Empresas Polar · Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela: Moneda Citation S544 ·
Open source ↗1871 venezolano monetary unit and 31 March 1879 bolívar reform
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1277
The 11 May 1871 reform established the venezolano, with conversion of public and private accounts required from 1 January 1872. Earlier account-unit observation than the existing 1879 replacement anchor; exact primary decree still sought.
Fundación Empresas Polar · Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela: Moneda Citation S544 ·
Open source ↗Siglo XIX, 1871–1872 paragraphs
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Open C1310
A 12 June 1865 law called the peso fuerte the venezolano de oro; continuity to the 1871 system needs direct comparison of both laws. Do not create a node from the gold/silver naming distinction alone.
Fundación Empresas Polar · Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela: Moneda Citation S544 ·
Open source ↗Siglo XIX, paragraphs on 12 June 1865, 11 May 1871 and compulsory account conversion from 1 January 1872
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.