Abril 29 2021

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Obverse

Photograph credits: Alejandro Rodríguez

Reverse

Photograph credits: Alejandro Rodríguez

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Characteristics from Design A, Type A

Identification Code: bbcv50bsd-aa
General: Design in green
Obverse: Design with portrait orientation. On the top, "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA" «Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela». Below, the denomination value "50", the denomination in words "CINCUENTA BOLÍVARES" «fifty Bolívares», the date, 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 Simon Bolivar by Philippe Froesch. The serial numbers are located at upper right and bottom left rotated 90 degrees clock-wise.
Reverse: Design with landscape orientation. On the left, Coat of Arms, Triumph Arc and "Batalla de Carabobo" by Martín Tovar y Tovar. On the right, watermarks zone. On the top left, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». On the bottom left "200 Años Batalla de Carabobo" «200 years of Battle of Carabobo», on the right the denomination in words "CINCUENTA BOLÍVARES" «fifty Bolívares» and the denomination value "50"
Some security elements: diving security thread with "BCV" in 5 windows. watermarks, security thread, invisible ink (ultraviolet), see-through perfect print registration.
Watermark: "BCV" and portrait of Simon Bolivar by Philippe Froesch.

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv50bsd-aa01-b8
Piece type: Normal issued banknote
Date: Abril 29 2021
Serie: B8. Prefix B followed by 8 digits
Amount: 99,999,999 (estimated).
Printer: Joint Stock Company Goznak (unconfirmed)
Serial interval: Unknown. Estimated B00000001 - B99999999. Known B00002391 - B99945209
Known serial prefix: B00, B22, B25, B28, B30-B31, B33-B34, B44, B51-B52, B66-B69, B72, B75, B77, B79, B81-B82, B85, B87-B88, B92, B99 ?

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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. This information is based on estimated amount and/or serial interval

Amount of low or high serials: 10544 (all), 6349 (Level 1), 3154 (Level 2), 938 (Level 3) and 103 (Level 4)
Low serial interval: B00000001-B00010544 (all), B00004196-B00010544 (Level 1), B00001042-B00004195 (Level 2), B00000104-B00001041 (Level 3) and B00000001-B00000103 (Level 4)
High serial interval: B99989456-B99999999 (all), B99989456-B99995804 (Level 1), B99995805-B99998958 (Level 2), B99998959-B99999896 (Level 3) and B99999897-B99999999 (Level 4)
Amount of bookend serial number: 999,999 (2 digits), 9,999 (4 digits), 99,999 (4 digits)
Amount of ladder serial number: 700 (circular), 1,280 (non-circular)
Amount of many repeated digits in-a-row serial number: 29,160 (5 digits), 2,430 (6 digits), 180 (7 digits)
Amount of many repeated digits of-a-kind serial number: 408,240 (5 digits), 22,680 (5 digits), 720 (7 digits)
Amount of serial number with unique digits: 11,430 (2 digits-binary), 695,520 (3 digits-ternary)
Amount of repeater serial number: 99 (2 digits)
Amount of birthday serial number (estimated between years 1900-2050): 55,266 (day-month-year), 55,266 (month-day-year), 55,266 (year-month-day)
Amount of doubles serial number: 7,290
Amount of radar serial number: 9,999
Amount of rotator serial number: 255
Amount of solid serial number: 9

Identification in other catalogs

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.