Banknotes from Banco de Venezuela : 20 Bolívares - Design A, Type A : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Photographic reference

Obverse

Photo from piece bbdv20bs-aas. Photograph credits: Richard Rosenman: Billetes de Venezuela

Reverse

Photo from piece bbdv20bs-aas.

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 3^rd, 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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Other pieces (6)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
S261p	bbdv20bs-aap	No date	-	-	Detail
S261p	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
S261p	bbdv20bs-aap2	No date	-	-	Detail
S261p	Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv20bs-aap3	No date	5	-	Detail
N/L	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
S261s	bbdv20bs-aas	No date	-	-	Detail
S261s	No Specimen stamp (perfored)
S261s	bbdv20bs-aas2	No date	5	-	Detail
S261s	No Specimen stamp
N/L	bbdv20bs-aas3	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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