Piece bbcv500bss-aa02r : Banknote of 500 Bolívares Soberanos : Date Mayo 18 2018 : Banco Central de Venezuela

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Obverse

Photograph credits: Darío Silva

Reverse

Photograph credits: Darío Silva

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Characteristics from Design A, Type A

Identification Code: bbcv500bss-aa
Size: 156mm x 69mm
General: Multicolor design with orcher 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 "500", the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred 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 with the denomination value "500" 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 Venezuelan troupial (Icterus icterus) with Macarao National Park. 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 "500" and the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred 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.
Variations: The issue of May 2018 there are some variations of the brighness of the security thread and the watermarks, particulary the serie B, C, D and part of E is brilliant, and the other part of serie E and F is opaque.

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv500bss-aa02r
Piece type: Replacement Banknote
Date: Mayo 18 2018
Serie: Z8. Prefix Z followed by 8 digits
Amount: 406,350 (estimated).
Printer: Venezuelan Mint (unconfirmed)
Serial interval: Unknown. Estimated Z00550001 - Z00956350. Known Z00553032 - Z00956138
Known serial prefix: Z0055, Z0060-Z0061, Z0063, Z0066, Z0068, Z0070-Z0074, Z0076, Z0081-Z0084, Z0086-Z0087, Z0090-Z0093, Z0095 ?
Note: First interval.

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Fancy serial numbers

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Amount of low or high serials: 662 (all), 315 (Level 1), 217 (Level 2), 104 (Level 3) and 26 (Level 4)
Low serial interval: Z00550001-Z00550662 (all), Z00550348-Z00550662 (Level 1), Z00550131-Z00550347 (Level 2), Z00550027-Z00550130 (Level 3) and Z00550001-Z00550026 (Level 4)
High serial interval: Z00955689-Z00956350 (all), Z00955689-Z00956003 (Level 1), Z00956004-Z00956220 (Level 2), Z00956221-Z00956324 (Level 3) and Z00956325-Z00956350 (Level 4)

Signatures

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

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 1961-2014 (20th edition - 2014)

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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