Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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  3. Banco Central de Venezuela
  4. Bolívar
  5. 100 Bolívares
  6. Design D
  7. Type B
  8. Enero 27 1976
  9. bbcv100bs-db01-l7
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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
Bolívar Bolívar Digital Bolívar Fuerte Bolívar Soberano
1 Bolívar 2 Bolívares 5 Bolívares 10 Bolívares 20 Bolívares 50 Bolívares 100 Bolívares 500 Bolívares 1000 Bolívares 2000 Bolívares
5000 Bolívares 10,000 Bolívares 20,000 Bolívares 50,000 Bolívares
Design A, Type A Design A, Type B Design B, Type A Design C, Type A Design D, Type A Design D, Type B Design D, Type C Design D, Type D Design E, Type A
Obverse
Piece bbcv100bs-db01-l7 (Obverse)
Photograph credits: GRANMANOTE
Reverse
Piece bbcv100bs-db01-l7 (Reverse)
Photograph credits: GRANMANOTE
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Characteristics from Design D, Type B
  • Identification Code: bbcv100bs-db
  • Identification by Sergio Sucre: 100F
  • Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
  • Obverse: Design in brown over a background in yellow. On the right, portrait of Simon Bolivar based in the painting "Retrato Ecuestre de El Libertador" (Equestrian portrait of The Liberator) by Tito Salas. In the center, watermarks zone. On the left, the denomination value "100". On the top, and on the bottom, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela» splitted in two parts. On the right corners the denomination value "100". The serial numbers is in blue.
  • Reverse: Design in brown over a background in yellow. On the left, National Capitol. On the right, Coat of Arms. In the center, watermarks zone. On the top, the denomination in words "CIEN BOLÍVARES" «one hundred Bolívares». On the bottom, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». In each corner the denomination value "100".
  • Design variations in the obverse: The design is similar to Design D, Type A, varying with the serial number color change from red to blue.
  • Design variations in the reverse: The design is similar to Design D, Type A, changing to dual tone of the corners.
  • Design variations: In the watermarks from the Design D, Type A, were added the letters "B C" around the face of Simón Bolívar.
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: bbcv100bs-db01-l7
  • Piece type: Normal issued banknote
  • Date: Enero 27 1976
  • Serie: L7. Prefix L followed by 7 digits
  • Amount: 9,000,000 (estimated).
  • Printer: Bundesdruckerei
  • Serial interval: L0000001 - L9000000.
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Warning
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Due to the absence of official information, piece distribution in the country, difficulties and limits to the inhabitants to access paper money, specially since 2017 approximately, make difficult the studies and estimation of banknote issues.

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Fancy serial numbers
The special serial number is described in Fancy serial number.
  • Amount of low or high serials: 3141 (all), 1731 (Level 1), 990 (Level 2), 364 (Level 3) and 56 (Level 4)
  • Amount of bookend serial number: 89,999 (2 digits), 8,999 (3 digits)
  • Amount of ladder serial number: 0 (circular), 576 (non-circular)
  • Amount of many repeated digits in-a-row serial number: 2,187 (5 digits), 163 (6 digits)
  • Amount of many repeated digits of-a-kind serial number: 15,309 (5 digits), 568 (6 digits)
  • Amount of serial number with unique digits: 5,104 (2 digits-binary), 195,048 (3 digits-ternary)
  • Amount of radar serial number: 8,999
  • Amount of rotator serial number: 95
  • Amount of solid serial number: 8
Signatures
  • Presidente «President»: Alfredo Lafée
  • Primer Vice presidente «First Vicepresident»: Carlos Rafael Silva
Identification in other catalogs
  • Qualitative code by Sergio Sucre: bcv100f/7601/14/l
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P55c
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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