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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

Febrero 03 1987

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Obverse

Photograph credits: GRANMANOTE

Reverse

Photograph credits: GRANMANOTE

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Characteristics from Design D, Type C

Identification Code: bbcv100bs-dc
Identification by Sergio Sucre: 100H
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 design is similar to Design D, Type B, with the removal of the printer name.
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".

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv100bs-dc01-y8
Piece type: Normal issued banknote
Date: Febrero 03 1987
Serie: Y8. Prefix Y followed by 8 digits
Amount: 9,000,000 (estimated).
Printer: Bundesdruckerei
Serial interval: Y18000001 - Y27000000.

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Warning

	A banknote piece with unknown serie prefix or out of estimated or known serial interval does not necessarily means that it's a unique and rare piece. 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. The warning apply also for known pieces due to the reserved information from collectors. The precision and quality of the information depends on these previouly mentioned factors, received reports and social network information.

A banknote piece with unknown serie prefix or out of estimated or known serial interval does not necessarily means that it's a unique and rare piece.

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.

The warning apply also for known pieces due to the reserved information from collectors.

The precision and quality of the information depends on these previouly mentioned factors, received reports and social network information.

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: 90,000 (2 digits), 9,000 (3 digits), 900 (4 digits)
Amount of ladder serial number: 70 (circular), 729 (non-circular)
Amount of many repeated digits in-a-row serial number: 2,691 (5 digits), 226 (6 digits), 17 (7 digits)
Amount of many repeated digits of-a-kind serial number: 37,962 (5 digits), 2,152 (6 digits), 70 (7 digits)
Amount of serial number with unique digits: 1,079 (2 digits-binary), 64,232 (3 digits-ternary)
Amount of repeater serial number: 9 (2 digits)
Amount of birthday serial number (estimated between years 1900-2050): 16,308 (day-month-year), 0 (month-day-year), 55,266 (year-month-day)
Amount of doubles serial number: 729
Amount of radar serial number: 900
Amount of solid serial number: 1

Signatures

Presidente «President»: Hernán Anzola
Primer Vice presidente «First Vicepresident»: José Benjamín Escobar

Identification in other catalogs

Qualitative code by Sergio Sucre: bcv100h/8702/21/y
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P66a

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)

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.