Piece bbcv2000bsf-ab01-c8 : Banknote of 2000 Bolívares Fuertes : Date Agosto 18 2016 : Banco Central de Venezuela

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Obverse

Photograph credits: Ivan León

Reverse

Photograph credits: Ivan León

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Characteristics from Design A, Type B

Identification Code: bbcv2000bsf-ab
Size: 156mm x 69mm
General: Multicolor design with brown and orange as predominant colors.
Obverse: Design with portrait orientation. On the top, "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA" «Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela». Below, the denomination value "2000", the date, the denomination in words "DOS MIL BOLIVARES" «two thousand Bolívares», 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 Guaicaipuro by Pedro Centeno Vallenilla, with the denomination value "2000" below. 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 American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) with Ucaima Falls, and Venado and Kurún Tepui 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 "2000" and the denomination in words "DOS MIL BOLIVARES" «two thousand Bolívares».
Some security elements: diving holographic security thread in 4 windows with "BCV", "BCV", "BCV" and "BCV" (in front of light); watermarks, invisible ink (ultraviolet) and see-through perfect print registration. On the obverse, latent image "BCV" on the bottom.
Watermark: "BCV" and portrait of Simon Bolivar by Philippe Froesch.
Design variations: From Design A, Type A, the denomination value "2000" (on the top, obverse) without Optically Variable Ink (OVI), changes the security thread and watermarks.
Note: The only issue of this type (18 Agosto 2016) has an error. There is a signers error or issue date error due to incoherence beween both.

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv2000bsf-ab01-c8
Piece type: Normal issued banknote
Date: Agosto 18 2016
Serie: C8. Prefix C followed by 8 digits
Amount: 99,999,999 (estimated).
Printer: Brazilian Mint (unconfirmed)
Serial interval: Unknown. Estimated C00000001 - C99999999. Known C00001007 - C99895926
Known serial prefix: C00-C10, C12-C19, C21-C22, C24-C35, C37-C81, C83-C99 ?

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Fancy serial numbers

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Amount of low or high serials: 10544 (all), 6349 (Level 1), 3154 (Level 2), 938 (Level 3) and 103 (Level 4)
Low serial interval: C00000001-C00010544 (all), C00004196-C00010544 (Level 1), C00001042-C00004195 (Level 2), C00000104-C00001041 (Level 3) and C00000001-C00000103 (Level 4)
High serial interval: C99989456-C99999999 (all), C99989456-C99995804 (Level 1), C99995805-C99998958 (Level 2), C99998959-C99999896 (Level 3) and C99999897-C99999999 (Level 4)
Amount of bookend serial number: 999,999 (2 digits), 99,999 (4 digits), 9,999 (4 digits)
Amount of ladder serial number: 700 (circular), 1,280 (non-circular)
Amount of many repeated digits in-a-row serial number: 29,160 (5 digits), 2,430 (6 digits), 180 (7 digits)
Amount of many repeated digits of-a-kind serial number: 408,240 (5 digits), 22,680 (5 digits), 720 (7 digits)
Amount of serial number with unique digits: 11,430 (2 digits-binary), 695,520 (3 digits-ternary)
Amount of repeater serial number: 99 (2 digits)
Amount of birthday serial number (estimated between years 1900-2050): 55,266 (day-month-year), 55,266 (month-day-year), 55,266 (year-month-day)
Amount of doubles serial number: 7,290
Amount of radar serial number: 9,999
Amount of rotator serial number: 255
Amount of solid serial number: 9

Signatures

Presidente BCV «President of BCV»: Ramón Lobo
Primer Vicepresidente BCV «First vicepresident of BCV»: Sohail Hernández

Identification in other catalogs

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P96b

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)

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.

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