Piece bbcv500bss-ab01-e8 : Banknote of 500 Bolívares Soberanos : Date Mayo 18 2018 : Banco Central de Venezuela

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Photographic reference

Obverse (under ultraviolet light)

Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

Obverse (in front of light)

Photograph credits: Gabriel Landaeta

Obverse

Photograph credits: Gabriel Landaeta

Reverse (under ultraviolet light)

Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

Reverse

Photograph credits: Gabriel Landaeta

Obverse (under ultraviolet light, partial)

Piece bbcv500bss-ab01-e8 (Obverse, partial, under ultraviolet light)

Photograph credits: Gabriel Landaeta

Obverse (in front of light, partial)

Piece bbcv500bss-ab01-e8 (Obverse, partial, in front of light)

Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

Obverse (in front of light, partial)

Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

Obverse (in front of light, partial)

Photograph credits: Gabriel Landaeta

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Characteristics from Design A, Type B

Identification Code: bbcv500bss-ab
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: Opaque security thread, 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: From Design A, Type A, the security thread is opaque, there is variations in "BCV" in the security thread in front of a light and in ultraviolet light, and there is variations in the portrait of the watermark.

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv500bss-ab01-e8
Piece type: Normal issued banknote
Date: Mayo 18 2018
Serie: E8. Prefix E followed by 8 digits
Amount: 95,894,999 (estimated).
Printer: Venezuelan Mint
Serial interval: Unknown. Estimated E04105001 - E99999999. Known E04123496 - E99870291
Known serial prefix: E04-E23, E25-E99 ?

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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: 10324 (all), 6207 (Level 1), 3093 (Level 2), 922 (Level 3) and 102 (Level 4)
Low serial interval: E04105001-E04115324 (all), E04109118-E04115324 (Level 1), E04106025-E04109117 (Level 2), E04105103-E04106024 (Level 3) and E04105001-E04105102 (Level 4)
High serial interval: E99989676-E99999999 (all), E99989676-E99995882 (Level 1), E99995883-E99998975 (Level 2), E99998976-E99999897 (Level 3) and E99999898-E99999999 (Level 4)

Identification in other catalogs

Qualitative code by Sergio Sucre: Not listed
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P108b

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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