Banknotes in Bolívares Fuertes : Banco Central de Venezuela : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social República de Venezuela

Bolívar Bolívar Digital Bolívar Fuerte Bolívar Soberano

Information about Banco Central de Venezuela and the Monetary Unit Bolívar Fuerte

Historical overview

The Banco Central de Venezuela was created on September 7th 1939 with the issue of the Act "Ley del Banco Central de Venezuela" «The Central Bank of Venezuela Act», as a goal to centralize the banknotes and coin issuing, which in that time, many banks where issuing banknotes.

Monetary Unit Name

Bolívar Fuerte

Monetary System

100 Céntimos (BsF) = 1 Bolívar Fuerte

Monetary equivalence

10 Bolívares = 1 Céntimo (BsF)
1000 Bolívares (BsF) = 1 Bolívar Fuerte
100,000 Bolívares Fuerte (BsF) = 1 Bolívar Soberano (BsS)

Time Period

From January 1st 2008 (replaced "Bolívar") through August 19st 2018 (replaced by "Bolívar Soberano").

2 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 2 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
Signers "Presidente BCV" and "Primer Vicepresidente BCV"
2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
Design A, Type B
Signers "Presidente (E) BCV" and "Director BCV"
2008

5 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 5 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
Signers "Presidente BCV" and "Primer Vicepresidente BCV"
2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014
Design A, Type B
Signers "Presidente (E) BCV" and "Director BCV"
2008

10 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 10 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014

20 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 20 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
Signers "Presidente BCV" and "Primer Vicepresidente BCV"
2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014
Design A, Type B
Signers "Presidente (E) BCV" and "Director BCV"
2008

50 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 50 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
Signers "Presidente BCV" and "Primer Vicepresidente BCV"
2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Design A, Type B
Signers "Presidente (E) BCV" and "Director BCV"
2008

100 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 100 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
Signers "Presidente BCV" and "Primer Vicepresidente BCV"
2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Design A, Type B
Signers "Presidente (E) BCV" and "Director BCV"
2008

500 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 500 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
2016, 2017

1000 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 1000 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
2016, 2017

2000 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 2000 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
with Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
2016
Design A, Type B
without Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
2016

5000 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 5000 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
with Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
2016, 2017
Design A, Type B
without Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
2017

10,000 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 10,000 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
with Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
2016
Design A, Type B
without Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
2017

20,000 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 20,000 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
with Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
2016
Design A, Type B
without Optically Variable Ink (OVI), diving security thread in 3 windows
2017
Design A, Type C
without Optically Variable Ink (OVI), diving holographic security thread in 3 windows
2017

100,000 Bolívares Fuertes

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Banknotes of 100,000 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A
diving holographic security thread in 5 windows
2017
Design A, Type B
diving 3D security thread in 3 windows
2017
Design A, Type C
diving holographic security thread in 4 windows, Thin security thread
2017
Design A, Type D
diving holographic security thread in 4 windows, Wide security thread, with Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
2017
Design A, Type E
diving holographic security thread in 4 windows, Wide security thread, without Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
2017

Recommended bibliography

Banknotes from the Banco Central de Venezuela (issues from 1940-March 1989) and Centralized banknote issues of Venezuela (issues from September 1989-2007) by Sergio Sucre Castillo, which have more details and deep information about banknote issues from Banco Central de Venezuela. If you are interested to purchase a copy you can contact the author at the email address in the bibliographic reference section.