Banknotes from Banco de Venezuela : 500 Bolívares - Design B, Type A : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdv500bs-ba
Obverse: Design in black over a background in pink-orange. On the left, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA" - "SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA". Below, the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred Bolívares». On each side, the denomination value "500" within a guilloche. On the right, allegorical of a woman with a lyre. On the bottom, the signatures zone. On the top, the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B/15.000.000". The design is the same to the denomination value "500". Below, "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" (payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation). Above, the date filling space "Caracas ______ de 189_"
Reverse: Unknown design.
Production information: May 1897: 1000 pieces (serie 4, interval 0001 - 1000)
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 (1)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbdv500bs-bas	No date	-	-	Detail
N/L	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 1961-2014 (20th edition - 2014)

Recommended bibliography

Banknotes of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.

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