Piece bbc100bs-ads : Banknote of 100 Bolívares : No date : Banco Caracas

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Obverse

Photograph credits: Ebay: cubalibrecollectibles

Reverse

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Characteristics from Design A, Type D

Identification Code: bbc100bs-ad
Size: 77mm x 177mm
Obverse: Design in black over a background in green and lilac. On the left, allegorical of a seated woman with a sailing ship at right. On the right, portrait of an unknown woman. On the top, the issuer name "BANCO CARACAS", "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA" and the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B. 6.000.000". On the bottom, the date filling space "Caracas, _____ de 19__". On the upper left corner and right corners the denomination value "100" within a guilloche. In the center, the denomination in words "CIEN BOLÍVARES" «one hundred Bolívares» with the payment clause "EL BANCO CARACAS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR EN DINERO EFECTIVO" / "A LA PRESENTACION DE ESTE BILLETE" (upon presentation of this banknote) / "EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" (in the office of the bank).
Reverse: Design in green. In the center, allegorical of the Justice with an scale and sword surrounded by the issuer name "BANCO CARACAS", "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA" and the capitalization amount. On the left corners and on the right the denomination value "100" within a guilloche.
Production information: April 1923: 40,000 pieces (serie I5, interval I00001 - I40000), March 1926: 50,000 pieces (serie J5, interval J00001 - J50000),
Design variations in the obverse: From Design A, Type C, add to the payment clause "EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" (in the office of the bank).

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbc100bs-ads
Piece type: Specimen banknote without date
Date: No date
Serie: I6. Prefix I followed by 6 zeroes
Amount: Unknown.
Printer: The Hommer Lee Bank Note Company New York
Numered specimen range:
Note: Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" in red (perfored).

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Signatures

Director «Director»: Unknown
Director «Director»: Unknown
Gerente «Manager»: Unknown

Identification in other catalogs

Qualitative code by Sergio Sucre: Not listed
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): S159s

NOTE: The piece identification from the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM) used in this website is updated to: Specialized issues (7th edition - 1995), General issues 1368-1960 (14th edition - 2012) and Modern issues 1961-2019 (25th edition - 2019)

Recommended bibliography

Banknotes of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.

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