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

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

Bolívar Bolívar Digital Bolívar Fuerte Bolívar Soberano

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From 1879 through December 31st 2007, which has been replaced by "Bolívar Fuerte".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

1 Bolívar

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Banknotes of 1 Bolívar

Design A, Type A
1989

2 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 2 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
1989

5 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 5 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
1966
Design B, Type A
with "Caracas"
1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Design B, Type B
without "Caracas"
1989

10 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 10 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
"EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA"
1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
Design A, Type B
"REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA"
1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960
Design B, Type A
1952
Design C, Type A
1961
Design D, Type A
with "Caracas"
1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
Design D, Type B
without "Caracas"
1988
Design E, Type A
with "Caracas"
1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979
Design E, Type B
without "Caracas"
1986, 1990, 1992, 1995
Design F, Type A
1980
Design G, Type A
1981

20 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 20 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
"EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA"
1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
Design A, Type B
"REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA"
1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
Design B, Type A
1952
Design C, Type A
1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966
Design D, Type A
1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974
Design E, Type A
1971, 1972
Design F, Type A
with "Caracas"
1974, 1977, 1979
Design F, Type B
1981, 1989, 1995, 1998
Design F, Type C
1984
Design F, Type D
1987, 1990
Design F, Type E
1992
Design G, Type A (Conmemorative to Rafael Urdaneta)
1987

50 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 50 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
"EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA"
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
Design A, Type B
"REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA"
1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960
Design B, Type A
1953
Design C, Type A
1961, 1963
Design D, Type A
1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972
Design E, Type A
with "Caracas"
1972, 1974, 1976, 1977
Design E, Type B
1985, 1988
Design E, Type C
3 "50" on the bottom
1990
Design E, Type D
1992, 1995, 1998
Design E, Type E
1998
Design F, Type A
1981

100 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 100 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
"EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA"
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
Design A, Type B
"REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA"
1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962
Design B, Type A
1953
Design C, Type A
1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
Design D, Type A
serie in red
1972, 1974
Design D, Type B
serie in blue, with printer name
1976, 1978, 1979, 1981
Design D, Type C
serie in blue, with printer name
1987
Design D, Type D
serie in blue, without printer name, magnetic ink in serie
1989, 1990, 1992, 1998
Design E, Type A
1980

500 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 500 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
1940
Design B, Type A
1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
Design C, Type A
"EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA"
1947, 1951, 1952, 1953
Design C, Type B
"REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA"
1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971
Design D, Type A
1971, 1972
Design E, Type A
1981, 1987, 1989, 1990
Design E, Type B
1995
Design E, Type C
1998

1000 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 1000 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
"Bolívares" without accent in "i"
1991
Design A, Type B
Without Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
1992, 1994
Design A, Type C
With Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
1995, 1998
Design B, Type A
1998

2000 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 2000 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
"2000" in green and black at lower left
1994, 1995
Design A, Type B
"2000" in black at lower left
1997, 1998
Design B, Type A
1998

5000 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 5000 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
With Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
1994, 1996
Design A, Type B
Without Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
1997, 1998
Design B, Type A
2000, 2002, 2004

10,000 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 10,000 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
1998
Design B, Type A
"REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking back
2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
Design B, Type B
"REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking forward
2006

20,000 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 20,000 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
1998
Design B, Type A
"REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking back
2001, 2002, 2004
Design B, Type B
"REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking forward
2006

50,000 Bolívares

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Banknotes of 50,000 Bolívares

Design A, Type A
"BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA"
1998
Design A, Type B
"REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking back
2005
Design A, Type C
"REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking forward
2006

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