Enero 23 1919

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• Identification Code: bbdv50bs-ab
• 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)
• Design variations in the obverse: Overprint "PAGADERO EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payment to the bearer at the bank offices» and capitalization amount "CAPITAL B. 12,000,000". Capitalization amount blacked out

• Identification Code: bbdv50bs-ab01-5
• Piece type: Normal issued banknote
• Date: Enero 23 1919
• Serie: 5. 5 digits
• Amount: Unknown. 1 known piece. (based on reports and researches. Not conclusive about amount of surviving pieces)
• Printer: American Bank Note Company
• Serial interval: Unknown. Known 22225 - ???
• Known pieces or cases: 22225
• Note: Obverse only print proof over a cardboard. (perfored)

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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.

• Por el Banco de Venezuela «p.p. Banco de Venezuela»: Vicente Lecuna
• Por el Banco de Venezuela «p.p. Banco de Venezuela»: Germán Jiménez Ureña
• El Secretario «The secretary»: R. Rendiles

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.