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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

Successor

Coins of 500 Bolívares

Information about banknotes of 500 Bolívares

Circulation note

The legal tender of the banknotes in this denomination have been revoked since February 1st 2006, and they have been replaced by coins in circulation since 1998 (Design G, Type A).

Equivalence in other monetary units

This denomination is equivalent in value to "100 Venezolanos", "100 Pesos Fuerte", "125 Pesos", "1,000 Reales" (from the predecessor monetary unit "Peso Fuerte") and "50 Céntimos" (from the sucessor monetary unit "Bolívar Fuerte")

Design A

Obverse

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Reverse

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Banknotes classified inside of Design A:

Design A, Type A
1940

Design B

Obverse

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Reverse

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Banknotes classified inside of Design B:

Design B, Type A
1943, 1944, 1945, 1946

Design C

Obverse

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Reverse

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Banknotes classified inside of Design C:

Design C, Type A
"EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA"
1947, 1951, 1952, 1953
Design C, Type B
"REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA"
1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971

Design D

Obverse

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Reverse

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Banknotes classified inside of Design D:

Design D, Type A
1971, 1972

Design E (Orchids)

Obverse

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Reverse

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Banknotes classified inside of Design E:

Design E, Type A
1981, 1987, 1989, 1990
Design E, Type B
1995
Design E, Type C
1998

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.