Photo from piece beg20bs-aa01-0m: Design A, Type A. Date Diciembre 31 1879. Serie 0M Photograph credits: Subastas Globus
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Photo from piece beg20bs-aa01-0m: Design A, Type A. Date Diciembre 31 1879. Serie 0M Photograph credits: Subastas Globus
Characteristics
Date: Diciembre 31 1879
Size: 155 x 84 mm (6.1 x 3.31 in.)
Obverse: Design in black over a background in blue. In the center, On the top, the issuer name "ESTADO GUAYANA" with the denomination value "20" on each side. In the center, the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty Bolívares» within payment clause "Vale por _______ amortizables con el diez porciento de los Ingresos ordinarios del Tesoro del Estado." «worth _______ redeemable at ten percent of revenue from the State Treasury». Below, the date filling space "Cd. Bolivar, __________ 1879". On the left, Arm of Guayana State. On the left and on the right the face value "4 VENEZOLANOS" (from the predecessor monetary unit)
Reverse: Design in blue. In the center, the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty Bolívares». On each side, the denomination value "20".
Signatures: "Presidente" «President» and "El Tesorero" «The Treasurer»