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Obverse
Piece bbcm10bs-cbp (Obverse)
Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
Obverse
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Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
Back
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Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
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Characteristics from Design C, Type B
  • Identification Code: bbcm10bs-cb
  • Size: 169 x 70 mm (6.65 x 2.76 in.)
  • Obverse: In the center, portrait of Rafael Urdaneta inside an oval. On each side, the denomination value "10" within a guilloche. Above, the issuer name "BANCO COMERCIAL DE MARACAIBO" - "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA". Below, the denomination in words "DIEZ BOLIVARES" «Ten Bolívares» and the payment clause "pagara al portador en sus oficinas en dinero en efectivo" «will pay to the bearer in the office in cash». In each corner the denomination value "10" within a guilloche. On the bottom, the signatures zone with the value in words "DIEZ" «ten». On the left, the date filling space "Maracaibo, __________ 19__". On the right, the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL Bs 400.000".
  • Reverse: Design in green. In the center, allegorical of a cowboy chasing cows. Above, the issuer name "BANCO COMERCIAL DE MARACAIBO". Below, "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA". On each side, the denomination value "10" within a guilloche. In upper corners, the denomination value "10" within a guilloche. In the bottom corners the denomination value in roman "X" (10).
  • Production information: May 1927: 80,000 pieces (serie A6, interval A160001 - A240000)
  • Design variations in the obverse: From Design C, Type A, with the capitalization amount "Bs. 400.000"
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: bbcm10bs-cbp
  • Date: No date
  • Serie: No serial number
  • Amount: Unknown.
  • Printer: American Bank Note Co.
  • Note: Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
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Warning
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Signatures
  • Director «Director»: No signature
  • Director «Director»: No signature
  • Director «Director»: No signature
Identification in other catalogs
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): S174p
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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