Banknotes from Banco de Venezuela : 20 Bolívares - Design A, Type A : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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Photographic reference
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Characteristics
- Identification Code: bbdv20bs-aa
- Size: 76 x 175 mm
- Obverse: Design in black with yellow underprint. On the left, allegorical of a farmer with two horses surrounded above by the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA" - "SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA". On each side, the denomination value "20" within a guilloche. Below, the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty Bolívares» with the payment clause "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" (payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation). On the right, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author. On the top, the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B/8.000.000" and below, the date filling space "CARACAS ____ 189_".
- Reverse: Design in brown. 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 "20" within a guilloche. Above and below of the Coat of Arms, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA".
- Production information: July 3rd, 1890: 30,000 pieces (serie 5, interval 00001 - 30000)
- 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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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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Sections
Pieces listing
Classifications
- Design A, Type A
- Design B, Type A
- Design B, Type B
- Design B, Type C
- Design B, Type D
- Design C, Type A
- Design C, Type B
- Design C, Type C
- Design C, Type D
- Design D, Type A
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