Bolivia’s first constitutional leader.

So here we have the Venezuelan bolivar, nominal - 75. The year of issue of this coin is 1980, mint: Llantrisant, UK. Total circulation – 499.800. The coin commemorates the 150th anniversary of the death of Antonio José de Sucre.

Antonio José de Sucre was born February 3, 1795, Cumaná, New Granada in Venezuela — died June 4, 1830, Berruecos, in Colombia. Liberator of Ecuador and Peru, and one of the most respected leaders of the Latin American wars for independence from Spain. He served as Simón Bolívar’s chief lieutenant and eventually became the first constitutionally elected leader of Bolivia.

At the age of 15 Sucre entered the struggles for independence in Venezuela and Colombia. He displayed great skill at military tactics, and by 1820 he had become chief of staff to the Venezuelan leader of Latin American revolt against Spanish rule, Simón Bolívar.

That same year he was promoted by Bolívar to the rank of general and assigned to free southern Gran Colombia (now Ecuador) from Spanish control. Leaving Colombia with a small army, Sucre marched along the coast to Guayaquil and proclaimed it a protectorate of Colombia.