Banknotes from Banco de Venezuela : 1000 Bolívares - Design A, Type A : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Photographic reference

Obverse

Photo from piece bbdv1000bs-aas2: Banknote from Banco de Venezuela. 1000 Bolívares. Design A, Type A. Specimen banknote without date #2
Photograph credits: Tully's Antiques

Reverse

Photo from piece bbdv1000bs-aas2: Banknote from Banco de Venezuela. 1000 Bolívares. Design A, Type A. Specimen banknote without date #2
Photograph credits: Tully's Antiques

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdv1000bs-aa
Size: 175 x 76 mm (6.89 x 2.99 in.)
Obverse: In the center, allegorical of a woman with industrial implements surrounded above by the legend "SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA" and the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B/8.000.000". On each side, the denomination value "1000" within a guilloche. Below, the legend "VALE POR", the denomination in words "MIL BOLÍVARES" «one thousand Bolívares» and the payment clause "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" (payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation). On the left, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA". On the bottom, the signatures zone with the denomination in words "MIL BOLÍVARES" «one thousand Bolívares» as background. On the right, the date filling space. In the bottom corners and upper left corner, the denomination value "1000".
Reverse: Design in orange. In the center, inside a circle Coat of Arms with the motto "INDEPENDENCIA", "LIBERTAD", "5 DE JULIO 1811", "28 DE MARZO 1864" and "DIOS Y FEDERACION". On each side, the denomination value "1000". Above and below of the Coat of Arms, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA".
Production information: July 3^rd, 1890: 1000 pieces (serie 4, interval 0001 - 1000), February 1891: 1000 pieces (serie 4, interval 1001 - 2000)
Signatures: "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela», "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela» and "El Secretario" «The secretary»

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Other pieces (4)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
S265p	bbdv1000bs-aap	No date	-	-	Detail
S265p	Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv1000bs-aap2	No date	-	-	Detail
N/L	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
S265s	bbdv1000bs-aas	No date	-	-	Detail
S265s	No Specimen stamp (perfored)
N/L	bbdv1000bs-aas2	No date	5	-	Detail
N/L	Stamped on the obverse "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
		Entry	Unverified piece
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 of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.
Latin American Bank Note Records by Ricardo Magan.

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