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

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  6. Design B
  7. Type A

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Photographic reference

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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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