Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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  3. Banco Comercial
  4. Bolívar
  5. 500 Bolívares
  6. Design A
  7. Type A
  8. bbcc500bs-aap2
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Banco Caracas Banco Central de Venezuela Banco Colonial Británico Banco Comercial Banco Comercial de Maracaibo Banco de Carabobo Banco de Carácas Banco de Londres y Venezuela Banco de Maracaibo Banco de Venezuela
Banco de Venezuela (first) Banco Mercantil y Agrícola Banco Nacional de Venezuela Banco Venezolano de Crédito Billete de Tesorería Compañía de Accionistas Compañía de Crédito Distrito Federal Estado de Guayana Estados Unidos de Venezuela
Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social República de Venezuela
20 Bolívares 50 Bolívares 100 Bolívares 500 Bolívares 1000 Bolívares
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Obverse
Piece bbcc500bs-aap2 (Obverse)
Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
Back
bbcc500bs-aap2_b-n-c-2.jpg
Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
Obverse (partial)
Piece bbcc500bs-aap2 (Obverse, partial)
Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
Photographic Contribution
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Characteristics from Design A, Type A
  • Identification Code: bbcc500bs-aa
  • Size: 224 x 104 mm (8.82 x 4.09 in.)
  • Obverse: Design in black with underprint in salmon. At left, Christopher Columbus. In the center, the issuer name "BANCO COMERCIAL", "SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA" (with the denomination "B/500" as background) splited by the denomination "B/500", capitalization amount "CAPITAL B/3,200,000", the value in words "VALE POR QUINIENTOS BOLIVARES" «Worth for five hundred Bolivares» and payment clause "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" «payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation» with capitalization amount "CAPITAL B/3,200,000" as background. At upper left the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred Bolívares». In each corner, the denomination value "500".
  • Reverse: Design in pink. In the center, sailors with the issuer name splitted in two parts "BANCO" / "COMERCIAL" above and below. In each corner, the denomination value "500".
  • Production information: June 1886: 1000 pieces (serie 4, interval 3601 - 4600)
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: bbcc500bs-aap2
  • Date: No date
  • Serie: No serial number
  • Amount: Unknown.
  • Printer: American Bank Note Co.
  • Note: Obverse only print proof. "CAPITAL B/3,200,000" in blue
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Warning
- 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.
Signatures
  • Por el Banco Comercial «p.p. Banco Comercial»: No signature
  • Gerente «Manager»: No signature
  • Por el Banco Comercial «p.p. Banco Comercial»: No signature
Identification in other catalogs
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)
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