Banknotes from Banco Caracas : 20 Bolívares - Design A, Type D : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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• Identification Code: bbc20bs-ad
• General: 177 x 77 mm (6.97 x 3.03 in.)
• Obverse: Design in green. On the left, allegorical of Liberty with Phrygian cap. On the right, allegorical of cherub with the denomination value "20" within a guilloche above. On the top, the issuer name "BANCO CARACAS", "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA" and the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B. 6.000.000". On the upper left and bottom right corners, the denomination value "20". On the bottom, the signatures zone with the value in words "VEINTE" «twenty» as background. Above, the date filling space "Caracas ______ de 19__". In the center, the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty Bolívares» with the payment clause "EL BANCO CARACAS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR EN DINERO EFECTIVO" «The Banco Caracas will pay to the bearer in cash» / "A LA PRESENTACIÓN DE ESTE BILLETE EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «On presentation of this banknote at the bank offices».
• 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 each side and on the corners, the denomination value "20" within a guilloche.
• Production information: March 1926: 100,000 pieces (serie J6, interval J000001 - J100000)
• Design variations in the obverse: From Design A, Type B, changes the payment clause from "A LA PRESENTACION DE ESTE BILLETE" «upon presentation of this banknote» to "A LA PRESENTACIÓN DE ESTE BILLETE EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «On presentation of this banknote at the bank offices»
• Signatures: "Director" «Director», "Director" «Director» and "Gerente" «Manager»

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Due to the absence of official information on the banknotes issuance made by private and public entities before the creation of the Central Bank of Venezuela, the list includes known pieces or pieces referenced in a bibliography.

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
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N/L	bbc20bs-ad01-J6	Febrero 22 1928	J6	-	Detail

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
	Note
S158p	bbc20bs-adp	No date	-	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
S158s	bbc20bs-ads	No date	J6	-	Detail
	Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" in red (perfored).

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XX.XXX.XXX ? Estimated amount, not confirmed

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)

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