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Obverse
Piece bbcc50bs-aap (Obverse)
Photograph credits: Marcos Urrutia
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Characteristics from Design A, Type A
  • Identification Code: bbcc50bs-aa
  • Size: 224 x 104 mm (8.82 x 4.09 in.)
  • Obverse: Design in black with yellow underprint. At left, allegorical of a standing woman. On the top, the issuer name "BANCO COMERCIAL". In the center,, allegorical of a sailing ship with the legends "SOCIEDAD" / "ANÓNIMA", capitalization amount "CAPITAL" / "B/3,200,000", "Carácas" / the date filling space "____ de 188___". Below, the value in words "VALE POR CINCUENTA BOLIVARES" «Worth for fifty Bolivares» and payment clause "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" «payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation» with capitalization amount "CAPITAL B/3,200,000" as background. In each corner, the denomination value "50".
  • Reverse: Design in orange. On the top, the issuer name "BANCO COMERCIAL". In each corner, the denomination value "50".
  • Production information: June 1886: 5000 pieces (serie 4, interval 4001 - 9000), February 1888: 7000 pieces (serie 4 and 5, interval 9001 - 9999 and 10000 - 16000)
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: bbcc50bs-aap
  • Date: No date
  • Serie: No serial number
  • Amount: Unknown.
  • Printer: American Bank Note Co.
  • Note: Obverse only print proof. "CAPITAL B/3,200,000" over a background in yellow
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Warning
- 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.
Signatures
  • Por el Banco Comercial «p.p. Banco Comercial»: No signature
  • Gerente «Manager»: No signature
  • Por el Banco Comercial «p.p. Banco Comercial»: No signature
Identification in other catalogs
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): S167
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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