Obverse
Photograph credits: Darío Silva
Obverse (in front of light)
Photograph credits: Darío Silva
Obverse (under ultraviolet light)
Photograph credits: Ivan León
Reverse
Photograph credits: Darío Silva
Reverse (under ultraviolet light)
Photograph credits: Ivan León
Obverse (partial)
Photograph credits: Darío Silva
Obverse (in front of light, partial)
Photograph credits: Darío Silva
Obverse (in front of light, partial)
Photograph credits: Darío Silva
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Characteristics from Design A, Type A
- Identification Code: bbcv20bss-aa
- Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
- General: Multicolor design with blue, cyan and brown as predominant colors.
- Obverse: Design with portrait orientation. On the top, "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA" «Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela». Below, the denomination value "20", the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty Bolívares», 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 Simón Rodríguez, that seems that it was painted by Juan Agustín Guerrero, with the denomination value "20". 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 Jaguar (Panthera onca) with Waraira Repano National Park 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 "20" and the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty 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), see-through perfect print registration. On the obverse latent image "BCV" on the bottom.
- Watermark: "BCV" and portrait of Simon Bolivar by Philippe Froesch.
Characteristics
- Identification Code: bbcv20bss-aa01-a8
- Piece type: Normal issued banknote
- Date: Enero 15 2018
- Serie: A8. Prefix A followed by 8 digits
- Amount: 99,999,999 (estimated).
- Printer: Brazilian Mint
- Serial interval: Unknown. Estimated A00000001 - A99999999. Known A00001001 - A99729472
- Known serial prefix: A00-A99 ?
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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.
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Fancy serial numbers
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This information is based on estimated amount and/or serial interval
- Amount of low or high serials: 10544 (all), 6349 (Level 1), 3154 (Level 2), 938 (Level 3) and 103 (Level 4)
- Low serial interval: A00000001-A00010544 (all), A00004196-A00010544 (Level 1), A00001042-A00004195 (Level 2), A00000104-A00001041 (Level 3) and A00000001-A00000103 (Level 4)
- High serial interval: A99989456-A99999999 (all), A99989456-A99995804 (Level 1), A99995805-A99998958 (Level 2), A99998959-A99999896 (Level 3) and A99999897-A99999999 (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): P104
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)
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