Banknotes from the Banco Central de Venezuela : 200 Bolívares Soberanos - Design A, Type A : 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

2 Bolívares Soberanos 5 Bolívares Soberanos 10 Bolívares Soberanos 20 Bolívares Soberanos 50 Bolívares Soberanos 100 Bolívares Soberanos 200 Bolívares Soberanos 500 Bolívares Soberanos 10,000 Bolívares Soberanos 20,000 Bolívares Soberanos

50,000 Bolívares Soberanos 200,000 Bolívares Soberanos 500,000 Bolívares Soberanos 1,000,000 Bolívares Soberanos

Design A, Type A Design A, Type B

Obverse

Photo from piece bbcv200bss-aa01-a8: Design A, Type A. Date Enero 15 2018. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Jairo Pérez ✝

Reverse

Photo from piece bbcv200bss-aa01-a8: Design A, Type A. Date Enero 15 2018. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Jairo Pérez ✝

Obverse (partial)

Photo from piece bbcv200bss-aa01-a8: Design A, Type A. Date Enero 15 2018. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Jairo Pérez ✝

Obverse (in front of light)

Photo from piece bbcv200bss-aa01-a8: Design A, Type A. Date Enero 15 2018. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Jairo Pérez ✝

Obverse (in front of light, partial)

Piece bbcv200bss-aa01-a8 (Obverse, partial, in front of light)

Photo from piece bbcv200bss-aa01-a8: Design A, Type A. Date Enero 15 2018. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Jairo Pérez ✝

Obverse (under ultraviolet light)

Photo from piece bbcv200bss-aa01-a8: Design A, Type A. Date Enero 15 2018. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Vladimir Guarino

Reverse (under ultraviolet light)

Photo from piece bbcv200bss-aa01-a8: Design A, Type A. Date Enero 15 2018. Serie A8
Photograph credits: Vladimir Guarino

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv200bss-aa
Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
General: Multicolor design with blue and violet as predominant colors.
Obverse: Design with portrait orientation. On the top, "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA" «Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela». Below, the denomination value "200", the date, the denomination in words "DOSCIENTOS BOLIVARES" «two hundreds bolivares», the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank» and the signers. At right, watermarks zone. On the bottom, portrait of Francisco de Miranda with the denomination value "200" below. The serial numbers are located at upper right and bottom left rotated 90 degrees clock-wise.
Reverse: Design with landscape orientation. In the center, over the field Military macaw (Ara militaris) with Waraira Repano National Park as background. On the right, watermarks zone. On the top left, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». On the left, Coat of Arms. On the bottom right, the denomination value "200" and the denomination in words "DOSCIENTOS BOLIVARES" «two hundreds bolivares».
Some security elements: Diving 3D security thread in 3 windows with "BCV" in blue; watermarks, secondary security thread, invisible ink (ultraviolet), see-through perfect print registration. On the obverse latent image "BCV" on the bottom.
Watermark: "BCV" and portrait of Simon Bolivar by Philippe Froesch.
Signatures: "Presidente BCV" «President of BCV» and "Primer Vicepresidente BCV" «First vicepresident of BCV»

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	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.

Issues (1)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
P107	bbcv200bss-aa01-a8	Enero 15 2018	A8	82,350,000?
P107	(A00-A82). Known A00001003 - A82114402. Estimated A00000001 - A82350000

Replacement banknote (1)

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SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv200bss-aa01r	Enero 15 2018	Z8	17,550?
N/L	(<=Z00017). Known Z00000013 - Z00017344. Estimated Z00000001 - Z00017550

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XX.XXX.XXX ? Estimated amount, not confirmed

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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.