Banknotes from the Banco de Maracaibo : 500 Bolívares - Design A, Type A : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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• Identification Code: bbdm500bs-aa
• Size: 176 x 74 mm (6.93 x 2.91 in.)
• Obverse: Design in black. In the center, portrait of an unknown woman. with the denomination value "500" below within a guilloche. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE MARACAIBO" - "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA". On each side, the denomination value "500" within a guilloche. On the left, allegorical of a seated woman. On the bottom left Coat of Arms. In upper corners the denomination value "500" within a guilloche. On the bottom, the signatures zone. Above, splitted in two parts, the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred Bolívares» and the 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 left, the date filling space "____ de 19__" and the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B 2.500.000".
• Reverse: Design in yellow. In the center, the denomination value "500" within a guilloche
• Production information: January 1926: 3000 pieces (serie 5, interval 00001 - 03000)
• 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
S229a	bbdm500bs-aa01-d5	Mayo 20 1926	D5	-	Detail
	Known D00612 - ???. Signers: Eduardo Ball, Juan E. París hijo
N/L	bbdm500bs-aa02-d5	Mayo 01 1928	D5	-	Detail
	Known D01344 - ???. Signers: Diódoro S. Alvarado, Daniel Henriquez

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
	Note
S229p	bbdm500bs-aap	No date	-	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof
N/L	bbdm500bs-aap2	No date	-	-	Detail
	Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.
S229s	bbdm500bs-aas	No date	D6	-	Detail
	Stamped "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).

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N/L Not Listed in Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM)

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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