Obverse
Photograph credits: Megaser Inversiones
Obverse (under ultraviolet light)
Reverse
Photograph credits: Megaser Inversiones
Reverse (under ultraviolet light)
Obverse (in front of light)
Photographic Contribution
Characteristics from Design D, Type B
- Identification Code: bbcv100bs-db
- Identification by Sergio Sucre: 100F
- Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
- Obverse: 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". The serial numbers is in blue.
- 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".
- Design variations in the obverse: The design is similar to Design D, Type A, varying with the serial number color change from red to blue.
- Design variations in the reverse: The design is similar to Design D, Type A, changing to dual tone of the corners.
- Design variations: In the watermarks from the Design D, Type A, were added the letters "B C" around the face of Simón Bolívar.
Characteristics
- Identification Code: bbcv100bs-db04-a8
- Piece type: Normal issued banknote
- Date: Septiembre 18 1979
- Serie: A8. Prefix A followed by 8 digits
- Amount: 9,000,000.
- Printer: Bundesdruckerei
- Serial interval: A18000001 - A27000000.
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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: 90,000 (2 digits), 9,000 (3 digits), 900 (4 digits)
- Amount of ladder serial number: 70 (circular), 729 (non-circular)
- Amount of many repeated digits in-a-row serial number: 2,691 (5 digits), 226 (6 digits), 17 (7 digits)
- Amount of many repeated digits of-a-kind serial number: 37,962 (5 digits), 2,152 (6 digits), 70 (7 digits)
- Amount of serial number with unique digits: 1,079 (2 digits-binary), 64,232 (3 digits-ternary)
- Amount of repeater serial number: 9 (2 digits)
- Amount of birthday serial number (estimated between years 1900-2050): 16,308 (day-month-year), 0 (month-day-year), 55,266 (year-month-day)
- Amount of doubles serial number: 729
- Amount of radar serial number: 900
- Amount of solid serial number: 1
Signatures
- Presidente «President»: Carlos Rafael Silva
- Primer Vice presidente «First Vicepresident»: Hugo Romero Quintero
Identification in other catalogs
- Qualitative code by Sergio Sucre: bcv100f/7909/18/a
- Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P55f
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)