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1 Bolívar 2 Bolívares 5 Bolívares 10 Bolívares 20 Bolívares 50 Bolívares 100 Bolívares 500 Bolívares 1000 Bolívares 2000 Bolívares

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Design A, Type A Design B, Type A Design C, Type A Design C, Type B Design D, Type A Design E, Type A Design E, Type B Design E, Type C

Febrero 05 1998

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Obverse

Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

Reverse

Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Characteristics from Design E, Type C

Identification Code: bbcv500bs-ec
Identification by Sergio Sucre: 500H
Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
Obverse: Design in blue and violet. On the right, portrait of Simon Bolivar by unknown author painted in Haiti. On the left, watermarks zone. In the center, the denomination value "500". On the top, the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred Bolívares». On the bottom, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela» and the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank» above. In each corner the denomination value "500".
Reverse: Design in blue and violet. In each corner Orquídea Catesetum pileatum with Coat of Arms. On the right, watermarks zone. On the top, the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred Bolívares». On the bottom, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». In each corner the value "500".
Similarities of the obverse design: The design is similar to Design E, Type A, with variations in ornaments and engravements such as the hair, shadows and the eyes shape done with concentric circles.

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv500bs-ec01-r8
Piece type: Normal issued banknote
Date: Febrero 05 1998
Serie: R8. Prefix R followed by 8 digits
Amount: 30,000,000 (estimated).
Printer: Canadian Banknote Co
Serial interval: R30000001 - R60000000. Known R30000207 - R59600709

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Warning

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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.

Fancy serial numbers

The special serial number is described in Fancy serial number.

Amount of low or high serials: 5755 (all), 3323 (Level 1), 1771 (Level 2), 585 (Level 3) and 76 (Level 4)
Amount of bookend serial number: 300,000 (2 digits), 30,000 (3 digits), 3,000 (4 digits)
Amount of ladder serial number: 210 (circular), 384 (non-circular)
Amount of many repeated digits in-a-row serial number: 8,748 (5 digits), 729 (6 digits), 54 (7 digits)
Amount of many repeated digits of-a-kind serial number: 122,472 (5 digits), 6,804 (6 digits), 216 (7 digits)
Amount of serial number with unique digits: 3,429 (2 digits-binary), 208,656 (3 digits-ternary)
Amount of repeater serial number: 30 (2 digits)
Amount of birthday serial number (estimated between years 1900-2050): 2,718 (day-month-year), 0 (month-day-year), 0 (year-month-day)
Amount of doubles serial number: 2,187
Amount of radar serial number: 300
Amount of rotator serial number: 0
Amount of solid serial number: 3

Signatures

Presidente «President»: Antonio Casas González
Primer Vice presidente «First Vicepresident»: Hugo Romero Quintero

Identification in other catalogs

Qualitative code by Sergio Sucre: bcv500h/9802/26/r
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P67f

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.