Banknotes design proofs in Bolívares : Banco Central de Venezuela : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Information about Banco Central de Venezuela and the Monetary Unit Bolívar

Historical overview

The Banco Central de Venezuela was created on September 7th 1939 with the issue of the Act "Ley del Banco Central de Venezuela" «The Central Bank of Venezuela Act», as a goal to centralize the banknotes and coin issuing, which in that time, many banks where issuing banknotes.

Monetary Unit Name

Bolívar of Silver (1879-1918)
Bolívar of Gold (1918-1974)
Bolívar (1974-2007)

Monetary System

100 Céntimos = 1 Bolívar

Time Period

From 1879 through December 31st 2007, which has been replaced by "Bolívar Fuerte".

Monetary equivalence

5 Céntimos = 1 Centavo (Venezolano)
1 Bolívar = 20 Centavo (Venezolano)
5 Bolívares = 1 Venezolano
1000 Bolívares = 1 Bolívar Fuerte

Denominations

5 Bolívares

Photo from piece pbbcv5bs-abp	Banknotes design proofs of 5 Bolívares Design A, Type A Design A, Type B

10 Bolívares

Photo from piece pbbcv10bs-aap2	Banknotes design proofs of 10 Bolívares Design A, Type A

100 Bolívares (Tabla)

Photo from piece pbbcv100bs-gap	Banknotes design proofs of 100 Bolívares Design A, Type A Design B, Type A Design C, Type A Design D, Type A Design E, Type A Design F, Type A Design G, Type A

500 Bolívares

Photo from piece pbbcv500bs-cap2	Banknotes design proofs of 500 Bolívares Design C, Type A 1961

Recommended bibliography

Banknotes from the Banco Central de Venezuela (issues from 1940-March 1989) and Centralized banknote issues of Venezuela (issues from September 1989-2007) by Sergio Sucre Castillo, which have more details and deep information about banknote issues from Banco Central de Venezuela. If you are interested to purchase a copy you can contact the author at the email address in the bibliographic reference section.
Banknotes of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.

Sections

Information about Banco Central de Venezuela and the Monetary Unit Bolívar
Denominations
Recommended bibliography

Monetary Unit

Bolívar

Issuers

Banco Central de Venezuela