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

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Photographic reference

Obverse

Photo from piece bbdm500bs-aas. Photograph credits: Ebay: devilmansports

Reverse

Photo from piece bbdm500bs-aas. Photograph credits: Ebay: devilmansports

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdm500bs-aa
Size: 74 x 176 mm.
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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Issues (1)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
S229a	bbdm500bs-aa01-d5	Mayo 20 1926	D5	-	Detail

Other pieces (3)

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

Legend

	Piece with photo	Entry	Piece
	Piece with recent updated photo	Entry	Unconfirmed piece
N/L	Not Listed in Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM)	Entry	Piece added recently
XX.XXX.XXX ?	Estimated amount, not confirmed	Entry	Deprecated piece
		Entry	Piece with updated information
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 of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.

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Issues
Mayo 20 1926
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Classifications

Design A, Type A

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Bolívar

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