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Obverse: Design in green over a background in yellow with frame-like border. On the left, watermarks zone. On the right, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author. On the top, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». In the center, the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty Bolívares». On the bottom, the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank» and the denomination value "20".
Reverse: Design in green with frame-like border. In the center, Monument to Carabobo by Antonio Rodríguez del Villar, site which Bolívar achieved the independence of Venezuela on June 24th 1821. On the left, Coat of Arms. On the right, watermarks zone. On the top, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». On the bottom, the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty Bolívares». In each corner, the denomination value "20".
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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.
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Amount of bookend serial number: 40,000 (2 digits), 4,000 (3 digits)
Amount of ladder serial number: 0 (circular), 256 (non-circular)
Amount of many repeated digits in-a-row serial number: 972 (5 digits), 71 (6 digits)
Amount of many repeated digits of-a-kind serial number: 6,804 (5 digits), 251 (6 digits)
Amount of serial number with unique digits: 2,267 (2 digits-binary), 86,688 (3 digits-ternary)
Amount of radar serial number: 4,000
Amount of rotator serial number: 96
Amount of solid serial number: 4
Signatures
Presidente «President»: Alfredo Lafée
Primer Vice presidente «First Vicepresident»: Carlos Rafael Silva
Identification in other catalogs
Qualitative code by Sergio Sucre: bcv20e/7401/14/b/7d
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P46e
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.
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