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

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• Identification Code: bbdv20bs-ca
• Size: 174 x 75 mm (6.85 x 2.95 in.)
• Obverse: In the center, a cowboy riding a horse alongside the cattle. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA" - "SOCIEDAD ANONIMA", and a rosette with the denomination value "20" each side, and below the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty Bolívares». On the upper right, the date "CARACAS, ______". Below the payment clause, the signatures. Below the denomination in words, the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank». On the upper left, the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL Bs. 24.000.000".
• 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 1924: 250,000 pieces (serie 6, interval 300001 - 550000)
• Signatures: "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela» and "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela»

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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-ca05-6	Junio 04 1925	6	-	Detail
	Known 302444 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-ca02-6	Julio 15 1925	6	-	Detail
	Known 317722 - 321010
N/L	bbdv20bs-ca03-6	Septiembre 30 1925	6	-	Detail
	Known 345404 - ???
S301a	bbdv20bs-ca01-6	Octubre 27 1926	6	-	Detail
	Known 350482 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-ca04-6	Abril 18 1928	6	-	Detail
	Known 513844 - ???

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
	Note
N/L	bbdv20bs-cap	No date	-	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv20bs-cap2	No date	-	-	Detail
	Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.
S301s	bbdv20bs-cas	No date	-	-	Detail
	No Specimen stamp
S301s	bbdv20bs-cas2	No date	6	-	Detail
	Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).
N/L	bbdv20bs-cax-6	Unrecognized Date	6	-	Detail

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XX.XXX.XXX ? Estimated amount, not confirmed

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)

• Banknotes of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.
• Latin American Bank Note Records by Ricardo Magan.