Banknotes from the Banco Central de Venezuela : 100,000 Bolívares Fuertes - Design A, Type C : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Banco de Venezuela (first) Banco Mercantil y Agrícola Banco Nacional de Venezuela Banco Venezolano de Crédito Billete de Tesorería Compañía de Accionistas Compañía de Crédito Distrito Federal Estado de Guayana Estados Unidos de Venezuela

Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social República de Venezuela

Bolívar Bolívar Digital Bolívar Fuerte Bolívar Soberano

2 Bolívares Fuertes 5 Bolívares Fuertes 10 Bolívares Fuertes 20 Bolívares Fuertes 50 Bolívares Fuertes 100 Bolívares Fuertes 500 Bolívares Fuertes 1000 Bolívares Fuertes 2000 Bolívares Fuertes 5000 Bolívares Fuertes

10,000 Bolívares Fuertes 20,000 Bolívares Fuertes 100,000 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A Design A, Type B Design A, Type C Design A, Type D Design A, Type E

Obverse

Photo from piece bbcv100000bsf-ac01-b8: Design A, Type C. Date Diciembre 13 2017. Serie B8
Photograph credits: Ivan León

Reverse

Photo from piece bbcv100000bsf-ac01-b8: Design A, Type C. Date Diciembre 13 2017. Serie B8
Photograph credits: Ivan León

Obverse (partial)

Photo from piece bbcv100000bsf-ac01-a8: Design A, Type C. Date Diciembre 13 2017. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

Obverse (in front of light)

Photo from piece bbcv100000bsf-ac01-a8: Design A, Type C. Date Diciembre 13 2017. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

Obverse (in front of light, partial)

Piece bbcv100000bsf-ac01-a8 (Obverse, partial, in front of light)

Photo from piece bbcv100000bsf-ac01-a8: Design A, Type C. Date Diciembre 13 2017. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv100000bsf-ac
Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
General: Multicolor design with yellow, black and cyan as predominant colors.
Obverse: Design with portrait orientation. On the top, "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA" «Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela». Below, the denomination value "100", the denomination in words "CIEN MIL BOLÍVARES" «hundred thousand», the date, the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank» and the signers. At right, watermarks zone. On the bottom, portrait of Simon Bolivar, the diplomatic, based on the painting by Rita Matilde de la Peñuela (AITA) done in 1860, with the denomination value "100". The serial numbers are located at upper right and bottom left rotated 90 degrees clock-wise.
Reverse: Design with landscape orientation. In the center, over the field Black-hooded Red Siskin (Carduelis cucullata) with Avila Hill as background. On the right, watermarks zone. On the top left, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». On the left, Coat of Arms. On the bottom right, the denomination value "100" and the denomination in words "CIEN MIL BOLÍVARES" «hundred thousand».
Some security elements: Diving holographic security thread in 4 windows with "BCV 100", "BCV 100", "BCV 100" and "BCV 100" (in front of light); watermarks, invisible ink (ultraviolet), see-through perfect print registration. On the obverse "100" on the top with Optically Variable Ink (OVI) and latent image "100" on the bottom.
Watermark: "BCV" and portrait of Simon Bolivar by Philippe Froesch.
Variations: Use the same security thread of Design A, Type A in 4 windows, removed secondary security thread, and have the same watermarks portrait with minor variations of Design A, Type B.
Research comments: There are serial reports that are being studied to determine their proper behavior and cataloging. Some of these pieces have serie starting with Z000302XX-Z000312XX. If you have similar pieces or pieces out of interval, you can contact and send us a photograph to carry out the investigation.
Signatures: "Presidente BCV" «President of BCV» and "Primer Vicepresidente BCV" «First vicepresident of BCV»

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Warning

	A banknote piece with unknown serie prefix or out of estimated or known serial interval does not necessarily means that it's a unique and rare piece. Due to the absence of official information, piece distribution in the country, difficulties and limits to the inhabitants to access paper money, specially since 2017 approximately, make difficult the studies and estimation of banknote issues. The warning apply also for known pieces due to the reserved information from collectors. The precision and quality of the information depends on these previouly mentioned factors, received reports and social network information.

A banknote piece with unknown serie prefix or out of estimated or known serial interval does not necessarily means that it's a unique and rare piece.

Due to the absence of official information, piece distribution in the country, difficulties and limits to the inhabitants to access paper money, specially since 2017 approximately, make difficult the studies and estimation of banknote issues.

The warning apply also for known pieces due to the reserved information from collectors.

The precision and quality of the information depends on these previouly mentioned factors, received reports and social network information.

Issues (7)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01-a8	Diciembre 13 2017	A8	32,850,000?
N/L	Type C. (A658-A9869). A-2. Known A65852842 - A98699398. Estimated A65850001 - A98700000
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01-b8	Diciembre 13 2017	B8	39,150,000?
N/L	Type C. First interval. (B00-B3912). B-1. Known B00000001 - B39127170. Estimated B00000001 - B39150000
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01-b8-2	Diciembre 13 2017	B8	10,768,500?
N/L	Type C. Second interval. (B459-B5668). B-3. Known B45921766 - B56685607. Estimated B45920001 - B56688500
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01-b8-3	Diciembre 13 2017	B8	360,000?
N/L	Type C. Third interval. (B634-B637). B-5. Known B63452235 - B63796704. Estimated B63450001 - B63810000
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01-b8-4	Diciembre 13 2017	B8	784?
N/L	Type C. Fourth interval. (B734). B-7. Known B73400001 - B73400784. Estimated B73400001 - B73400784
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01-b8-5	Diciembre 13 2017	B8	-
N/L	Type C. Fifth interval. (B743). B-9. Known B74300347 - ???
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01-b8-6	Diciembre 13 2017	B8	1,287,000?
N/L	Type C. Sixth interval. (B773-B78646). B-12. Known B77366001 - B78642895. Estimated B77360001 - B78647000

Replacement banknote (6)

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SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01r (R)	Diciembre 13 2017	Z8	5850?
N/L	Type C. First interval. (Z000145-Z000200). Z-2. Known Z00014523 - Z00020004. Estimated Z00014501 - Z00020350
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01r2	Diciembre 13 2017	Z8	4275?
N/L	Type C. Second interval. (Z000229-Z000271). Z-4. Known Z00022934 - Z00027135. Estimated Z00022901 - Z00027175
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01r3 (R)	Diciembre 13 2017	Z8	540?
N/L	Type C. Third interval. (Z00028). Z-6. Known Z00028359 - Z00028763. Estimated Z00028301 - Z00028840
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01r4 (R)	Diciembre 13 2017	Z8	360?
N/L	Type C. Fourth interval. (Z00031). Z-7. Known Z00031359 - Z00031629. Estimated Z00031301 - Z00031660
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01r5	Diciembre 13 2017	Z8	4950?
N/L	Type C. Fifth interval. (Z00036-Z00040). Z-9. Known Z00036073 - Z00040536. Estimated Z00036001 - Z00040950
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01r6	Diciembre 13 2017	Z8	2430?
N/L	Type C. Sixth interval. (Z00042-Z00044). Z-11. Known Z00042174 - Z00044464. Estimated Z00042101 - Z00044530

Other pieces (2)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01-b8,i	Diciembre 13 2017	B8	-
N/L	Incoherent piece of Design A, Type C printed in an interval of Design A, Type D
N/L	bbcv100000bsf-ac01-c8,i	Diciembre 13 2017	C8	-
N/L	Incoherent piece of Design A, Type C printed in an interval of Design A, Type D

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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.