Banknotes from the Banco de Maracaibo : 400 Bolívares - Design A, Type B : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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• Identification Code: bbdm400bs-ab
• Size: 186 x 88 mm (7.32 x 3.46 in.)
• Obverse: Design in black over a background in yellow. In the center, portrait of an unknown woman. with the denomination value "400" below within a guilloche. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE MARACAIBO" - "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA". On each side, the denomination value "400" within a guilloche. On the left, allegorical of a standing woman holding a book. On the bottom left, Coat of Arms. In upper corners the denomination value "400" within a guilloche. On the bottom, the signatures zone. Above, splitted in two parts, the denomination in words "CUATROCIENTOS BOLIVARES" and Payment clause "Que se pagaran al portador a su presentacion en las oficinas del banco" «Payable to bearer in the office of the bank». On the upper right, the date filling space "____ de 19__".
• Reverse: Design in yellow. In the center, the denomination value "400" within a guilloche
• Production information: August 1916: 1050 pieces (serie 4, interval 0001 - 1050)
• Design variations in the obverse: From Design A, Type A, changes the date filling space.
• Signatures: "Gerente" «Manager» and "Segundo Director Principal" «2nd principal»

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Due to the absence of official information on the banknotes issuance made by private and public entities before the creation of the Central Bank of Venezuela, the list includes known pieces or pieces referenced in a bibliography.

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
	Note
S222a	bbdm400bs-ab01-f4	Enero 01 1917	F4	-	Detail
	Known F0154 - F0455. Signers: Clodomiro Rodriguez, José Antonio Parra Chacín

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
	Note
S222p	bbdm400bs-abp	No date	-	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdm400bs-abp2	No date	-	-	Detail
	Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdm400bs-abp3	No date	-	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof. Progresive print proof
S222s	bbdm400bs-abs	No date	F5	-	Detail
	Stamped "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).
S222s	bbdm400bs-abs2	No date	F5	-	Detail
	Stamped "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored). Additional serie number
N/L	bbdm400bs-abs3	No date	F4	-	Detail
	No Specimen stamp

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XX.XXX.XXX ? Estimated amount, not confirmed

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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