Obverse
Photograph credits: Héctor Vasquez
Obverse (under ultraviolet light)
Reverse
Photograph credits: Héctor Vasquez
Reverse (under ultraviolet light)
Photograph credits: Héctor Vasquez
Photographic Contribution
Characteristics from Design D, Type A
- Identification Code: bbcv100bs-da
- Identification by Sergio Sucre: 100E
- Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
- Obverse: The serial numbers is in red. Design in brown over a background in yellow. On the right, portrait of Simon Bolivar based in the painting "Retrato Ecuestre de El Libertador" (Equestrian portrait of The Liberator) by Tito Salas. In the center, watermarks zone. On the left, the denomination value "100". On the top, and on the bottom, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela» splitted in two parts. On the right corners the denomination value "100".
- Reverse: Design in brown over a background in yellow. On the left, National Capitol. On the right, Coat of Arms. In the center, watermarks zone. On the top, the denomination in words "CIEN BOLÍVARES" «one hundred Bolívares». On the bottom, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». In each corner the denomination value "100".
Characteristics
- Identification Code: bbcv100bs-da01-c7
- Piece type: Normal issued banknote
- Date: Noviembre 21 1972
- Serie: C7. Prefix C followed by 7 digits
- Amount: 9,000,000.
- Printer: Bundesdruckerei
- Serial interval: C0000001 - C9000000.
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Fancy serial numbers
The special serial number is described in
Fancy serial number.
- Amount of low or high serials: 3141 (all), 1731 (Level 1), 990 (Level 2), 364 (Level 3) and 56 (Level 4)
- Amount of bookend serial number: 89,999 (2 digits), 8,999 (3 digits)
- Amount of ladder serial number: 0 (circular), 576 (non-circular)
- Amount of many repeated digits in-a-row serial number: 2,187 (5 digits), 163 (6 digits)
- Amount of many repeated digits of-a-kind serial number: 15,309 (5 digits), 568 (6 digits)
- Amount of serial number with unique digits: 5,104 (2 digits-binary), 195,048 (3 digits-ternary)
- Amount of radar serial number: 8,999
- Amount of rotator serial number: 95
- Amount of solid serial number: 8
Signatures
- Presidente «President»: Alfredo Lafée
- Primer Vice presidente «First Vicepresident»: Carlos Rafael Silva
Identification in other catalogs
- Qualitative code by Sergio Sucre: bcv100e/7211/14/c
- Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P55a
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)