Piece bbcv500000bss-aa01-a8 : Banknote of 500,000 Bolívares Soberanos : Date Septiembre 03 2020 : Banco Central de Venezuela

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Photographic reference

Obverse

Photograph credits: Tom Maneiro

Reverse

Photograph credits: Tom Maneiro

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Characteristics from Design A, Type A

Identification Code: bbcv500000bss-aa
General: Design in violet.
Obverse: Design with portrait orientation. On the top, "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA" «Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela». Below, the denomination "500 MIL 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 Simon Bolivar by Philippe Froesch. 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 Mausoleum of the Liberator Simon Bolivar. 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,, the denomination "500 MIL BOLÍVARES". On the bottom left the denomination "500 MIL" repeated 4 times.
Some security elements: diving holographic security thread in 5 windows. watermarks, security thread, invisible ink (ultraviolet), see-through perfect print registration.
Watermark: "BCV" and portrait of Simon Bolivar by Philippe Froesch.

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv500000bss-aa01-a8
Piece type: Normal issued banknote
Date: Septiembre 03 2020
Serie: A8. Prefix A followed by 8 digits
Amount: 42,300,000 (estimated).
Printer: Venezuelan Mint (unconfirmed)
Serial interval: Unknown. Estimated A50000001 - A92300000. Known A50529515 - A91858715
Known serial prefix: A50-A51, A54, A63, A74-A75, A82, A86, A89, A91 ?

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Fancy serial numbers

The special serial number is described in Fancy serial number. This information is based on estimated amount and/or serial interval

Amount of low or high serials: 6841 (all), 3999 (Level 1), 2090 (Level 2), 669 (Level 3) and 83 (Level 4)
Low serial interval: A50000001-A50006841 (all), A50002843-A50006841 (Level 1), A50000753-A50002842 (Level 2), A50000084-A50000752 (Level 3) and A50000001-A50000083 (Level 4)
High serial interval: A92293160-A92300000 (all), A92293160-A92297158 (Level 1), A92297159-A92299248 (Level 2), A92299249-A92299917 (Level 3) and A92299918-A92300000 (Level 4)

Identification in other catalogs

Qualitative code by Sergio Sucre: Not listed
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): Not listed

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.
Banknotes of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.

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