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

Banco Caracas Banco Central de Venezuela Banco Colonial Británico Banco Comercial Banco Comercial de Maracaibo Banco de Carabobo Banco de Carácas Banco de Londres y Venezuela Banco de Maracaibo Banco de Venezuela

Banco de Venezuela (first) Banco Mercantil y Agrícola Banco Nacional de Venezuela Banco Venezolano de Crédito Billete de Tesorería Compañía de Accionistas Compañía de Crédito Distrito Federal Estado de Guayana Estados Unidos de Venezuela

Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social República de Venezuela

20 Bolívares 40 Bolívares 50 Bolívares 100 Bolívares 500 Bolívares 1000 Bolívares

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

Obverse

Photo from piece bbdv20bs-da08-6: Design D, Type A. Date Abril 28 1937. Serie 6 digits
Photograph credits: Leonardo Ortega

Reverse

Photo from piece bbdv20bs-da08-6: Design D, Type A. Date Abril 28 1937. Serie 6 digits
Photograph credits: Leonardo Ortega

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdv20bs-da
Size: 172 x 75 mm (6.77 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» and 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 the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL Bs. 24.000.000". On the upper right, the date "CARACAS, ______". Below the payment clause, the signatures.
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: July 1928: 250,000 pieces (serie 6, interval 550001 - 800000), September 1931: 150,000 pieces (serie 6, interval 800001 - 950000), December 1936: 100,000 pieces (serie 6 and 7, interval 950001 - 999999 and 1000000 - 1050000), September 1937: 300,000 pieces (serie 7, interval 1050001 - 1350000), August 1939: 30,000 pieces (serie 7, interval 1350001 - 1380000)
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.

Issues (47)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbdv20bs-dax-6	Unrecognized Date	6	-
N/L	bbdv20bs-dax-7	Unrecognized Date	7	-
S311a	bbdv20bs-da02-6 (C)	Junio 01 1930	6	-
N/L	bbdv20bs-da15-6	Junio 12 1930	6	-
N/L	Known 648715 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da06-6	Junio 30 1930	6	-
N/L	Known 651303 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da28-6	Julio 18 1930	6	-
N/L	Known 662957 - 664333
N/L	bbdv20bs-da25-6	Febrero 07 1931	6	-
N/L	Known 689071 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da03-6 (C)	Febrero 28 1931	6	-
N/L	bbdv20bs-da40-6	Abril 20 1931	6	-
N/L	Known 725596 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da20-6	Mayo 23 1931	6	-
N/L	Known 750518 - 751551
N/L	bbdv20bs-da41-6	Junio 20 1931 ?	6	-
N/L	Known 772603 - 774211
N/L	bbdv20bs-da33-6	Junio 27 1931	6	-
N/L	Known 777990 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da24-6	Agosto 20 1931	6	-
N/L	Known 785816 - ???
S311a	bbdv20bs-da04-6 (C)	Abril 29 1934	6	-
N/L	bbdv20bs-da22-6	Septiembre 27 1935	6	-
N/L	Known 805244 - 808537
N/L	bbdv20bs-da29-6	Octubre 15 1935	6	-
N/L	Known 814122 - 814945
N/L	bbdv20bs-da07-6	Octubre 26 1935	6	-
N/L	Known 815798 - 819355
N/L	bbdv20bs-da01-6	Octubre 30 1935 ?	6	-
N/L	Known 822191 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da17-6	Enero 31 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 826225 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da13-6	Febrero 28 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 834805 - 840477
N/L	bbdv20bs-da19-6	Abril 21 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 853477 - 853499
N/L	bbdv20bs-da39-6	Mayo 03 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 870434 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da34-6	Mayo 23 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 875673 - 881468
N/L	bbdv20bs-da10-6	Mayo 27 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 894061 - 901744
N/L	bbdv20bs-da38-6	Junio 06 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 907505 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da14-6	Junio 18 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 911567 - 911937
N/L	bbdv20bs-da42-6	Julio 07 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 922351 - 923705
N/L	bbdv20bs-da12-6	Julio 25 1936	6	-
N/L	Known 936378 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da08-6	Abril 28 1937	6	-
N/L	Known 950257 - 965392
N/L	bbdv20bs-da36-6	Mayo 28 1937	6	-
N/L	Known 984967 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da09-6	Junio 28 1937	6	-
N/L	Known 991280 - 997102
N/L	bbdv20bs-da26-7	Julio 22 1937	7	-
N/L	Known 1021743 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da43-7	Agosto 27 1937	7	-
N/L	Known 1036623 - 1048056
N/L	bbdv20bs-da11-7	Septiembre 23 1937 ?	7	-
N/L	Known 1146933 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da37-7	Enero 28 1938	7	-
N/L	Known 1071818 - 1096723
N/L	bbdv20bs-da18-7	Marzo 30 1938	7	-
N/L	Known 1125445 - 1130218
N/L	bbdv20bs-da30-7	Abril 29 1938	7	-
N/L	Known 1146237 - 1155056
N/L	bbdv20bs-da16-7 (Formelly as bbdv20bs-da15-7)	Junio 27 1938	7	-
N/L	Known 1193719 - 1200776
N/L	bbdv20bs-da22-7	Julio 29 1938	7	-
N/L	Known 1216847 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da27-7	Agosto 30 1938	7	-
N/L	Known 1222820 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da21-7	Septiembre 29 1938	7	-
N/L	Known 1235476 - 1258656
N/L	bbdv20bs-da44-7	Octubre 27 1938	7	-
N/L	Known 1274507 - ???
S311a	bbdv20bs-da05-7	Noviembre 29 1938	7	-
S311a	Known 1276992 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da32-7	Diciembre 29 1938	7	-
N/L	Known 1290911 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da35-7	Enero 28 1939	7	-
N/L	Known 1306119 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da31-7	Julio 28 1939	7	-
N/L	Known 1314955 - ???
N/L	bbdv20bs-da23-7	Octubre 27 1939	7	-
N/L	Known 1346520 - ???

Other pieces (3)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbdv20bs-dap	No date	-	-
N/L	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv20bs-dap2	No date	-	-
N/L	Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.
S311s	bbdv20bs-das	No date	6	-
S311s	Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).

Legend

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N/L Not Listed in Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM)

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)

Recommended bibliography

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