Banknotes from Banco de Venezuela : 50 Bolívares - Design A, Type A : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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• Identification Code: bbdv50bs-aa
• Obverse: On the right, allegorical of a seated woman. In the center, inside a circle the denomination value "50". On the left, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA" - "SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA", the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B/15.000.000.", "VALE POR", the denomination in words "CINCUENTA BOLÍVARES" «fifty Bolívares» and the payment clause "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" (payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation). On the upper left corner and bottom corners the denomination value "50" inside a circle. In the upper right corner the face value "50 BOLIVARES". Above, of the issuer name, the date filling space "Caracas, ______ 189__".
• Reverse: Blue 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 FEDERACION", on each side the denomination value "50" within a rosette. Above and below the Coat of Arms the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA".
• Production information: May 1897: 24,000 pieces (serie 5, interval 00001 - 24000)
• 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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SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
	Note
N/L	bbdv50bs-aap	No date	5	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv50bs-aap2	No date	-	-	Detail
	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv50bs-aap3	No date	-	-	Detail
	Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.
S272s	bbdv50bs-aas	No date	5	-	Detail
	Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" in red (perfored).

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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)

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