Banknotes from the Banco de Maracaibo : 40 Bolívares - Design A, Type A : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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• Identification Code: bbdm40bs-aa
• Size: 186 x 87 mm (7.32 x 3.43 in.)
• Obverse: Design in green. In the center, allegorical of a woman emptying a pot. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE MARACAIBO" - "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA". On each side, the denomination value "40" within a guilloche. On the bottom, the signatures zone. On the left,, allegorical of a standing man with the value in words "CUARENTA" (FORTY) below. On the right, Coat of Arms with the value in words "CUARENTA" (FORTY) below. On the top, the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B 1.250.000". In each corner the denomination value "40". Above, splitted in two parts, the denomination in words "CUARENTA BOLIVARES" and the payment clause "Que se pagaran al portador en Maracaibo a su presentacion" «Payable to bearer in Maracaibo upon presentation». On the upper right, the date filling space "____ de _______ de 189__".
• Reverse: Design in green. In each corner the denomination value "40".
• Production information: October 1896: 8937 pieces
• Signatures: "Gerente" «Manager» and "Presidente de la Asamblea Delegataria" «President of the Delegated Assembly»

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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
S206s	bbdm40bs-aap	No date	5	-	Detail
	Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).
N/L	bbdm40bs-aap2	No date	-	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdm40bs-aap3	No date	5	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.

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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)

• Banknotes of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.
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