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

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• Identification Code: bbdv20bs-bb
• Size: 175 x 73 mm (6.89 x 2.87 in.)
• Obverse: Black over yellow and green underprint. On the right a cowboy with cattle. At upper left corner, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA". In each corner the denomination value "20" within a rossete (except upper left corner). At left, a rosette with the denomination value "20" within surrounded by the the payment clause "VALE POR VEINTE BOLIVARES QUE SE PAGARAN AL PORTADOR EN CARACAS A LA PRESENTACION". In the top, the legend of the capitalization amount "SOCIEDAD ANONIMA. CAPITAL 15.000.000". Below the main theme, the date "Caracas, ______ de 19__".
• Reverse: Green background pattern. 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 FEDon", on each side the denomination value "20" within a rosette each side. Above and below the Coat of Arms the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA".
• Production information: June 1907: 10,000 pieces (serie 5 and 6, interval 00001 - 99999 and 100000)
• Design variations: From Design B, Type A, varies the year white space from "189_" to "19__".
• 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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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
N/L	bbdv20bs-bbp	No date	-	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv20bs-bbs	No date	4	-	Detail
	Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).

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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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