Hmm.this is an interesting one!

I don't specialize in Venezuela, but I did some quick reading. Something worth noting- this coin was struck at the Philadelphia mint. In 1902, dates were added to dies for
US coins, so that might be the same case here.

So...given the total mintage of 500,000--there may be just two dies: ("narrow date" and "large date").
Comparing the above photos, the most obvious difference between the two is the spacing between the digits. Lacking UNC examples, the noted shape differences could be due to circulation. Most likely, only one style of digit punch was used. At a quick glance, the digit spacing on your coin looks to wide for the "narrow date", but I'd want to do an overlay to be more certain. If you can find larger pics of the varieties, that would help.

Edited by DVCollector
01/26/2010 4:05 pm