bolívar
former currency of Venezuela (–2008)
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Summary
bolívar is an obsolete currency[1]. bolívar ranks in the top 7% of obsolete currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,954 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Venezuela[3]
- Named after: Simón Bolívar[4]
- Commons category: Money of Venezuela[5]
- Central bank/issuer: Central Bank of Venezuela[6]
- Start time: March 31, 1879[7]
- End time: January 2008[8], December 31, 2007[9]
- Applies to jurisdiction: Venezuela[10]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
- Replaces: venezolano[13]
- Replaced by: hard bolívar[14]
- Native label: bolívar[15]
- Price: 0.0000170978 renminbi[16], 0.000193348 Russian ruble[17], 0.000019108 Turkish lira[18], 0.00000215168 euro[19], 0.021342257242495 US dollars[20], 0.0172771250863856 US dollars[21]
- Unit symbol: Bs.[22]
- Subdivision of this unit: céntimo[23]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for bolívar include sovereign bolivar[24], a currency[25], in Venezuela[26].
Why It Matters
bolívar has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] bolívar is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for bolívar include sovereign bolivar[24], a currency[25], in Venezuela[26].