Banknotes from the Banco Central de Venezuela : 50 Bolívares Fuertes : Febrero 03 2011 : Design A, Type A

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Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social República de Venezuela

Bolívar Bolívar Digital Bolívar Fuerte Bolívar Soberano

2 Bolívares Fuertes 5 Bolívares Fuertes 10 Bolívares Fuertes 20 Bolívares Fuertes 50 Bolívares Fuertes 100 Bolívares Fuertes 500 Bolívares Fuertes 1000 Bolívares Fuertes 2000 Bolívares Fuertes 5000 Bolívares Fuertes

10,000 Bolívares Fuertes 20,000 Bolívares Fuertes 100,000 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A Design A, Type B

Marzo 20 2007 Mayo 24 2007 Septiembre 03 2009 Febrero 03 2011 Enero 31 2012 Diciembre 27 2012 Octubre 29 2013 Agosto 19 2014 Junio 23 2015 Noviembre 05 2015

Obverse

Photo from piece bbcv50bsf-aa04-l8: Design A, Type A. Date Febrero 03 2011. Serie L8
Photograph credits: Jorge Piñeiro

Reverse

Photo from piece bbcv50bsf-aa04-l8: Design A, Type A. Date Febrero 03 2011. Serie L8
Photograph credits: Jorge Piñeiro

Characteristics

Date: Febrero 03 2011
Identification by Sergio Sucre: 50L
Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
General: Multicolor design with green and yellow as predominant colors.
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 Simón Rodríguez, that seems that it was painted by Juan Agustín Guerrero with the denomination value "50" 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 Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatos) with Santo Cristo Lagoon 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 "50" and the denomination in words "CINCUENTA BOLÍVARES" «fifty Bolívares».
Some security elements: Diving security thread in 5 windows, with "BCV 50", "BCV 50", "BCV 50" and "BCV 50" (normal view and in front of light); watermarks, invisible ink (ultraviolet) and see-through perfect print registration. On the obverse "50" on the top with Optically Variable Ink (OVI) and latent image "50" on the bottom.
Watermark: Portrait of Simón Rodríguez and the denomination value "50".
Signatures: "Presidente BCV" «President of BCV» and "Primer Vicepresidente BCV" «First vicepresident of BCV»

Issues (5)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
P92	bbcv50bsf-aa04-k8	Febrero 03 2011	K8	28,350,000?
P92	(>=K617). Known K61745854 - K89999433. Estimated K61650001 - K90000000
P92	bbcv50bsf-aa04-l8	Febrero 03 2011	L8	90,000,000?
P92	Known L00001260 - L89997064. Estimated L00000001 - L90000000
P92	bbcv50bsf-aa04-m8	Febrero 03 2011	M8	90,000,000?
P92	(<=M88). Known M00000023 - M88158144. Estimated M00000001 - M90000000
P92	bbcv50bsf-aa04-n8	Febrero 03 2011	N8	90,000,000?
P92	Known N00002195 - N89995291. Estimated N00000001 - N90000000
P92	bbcv50bsf-aa04-p8	Febrero 03 2011	P8	49,005,000?
P92	(<=P489). Known P00000733 - P48996575. Estimated P00000001 - P49005000

Replacement banknote (2)

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SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv50bsf-aa04r	Febrero 03 2011	Z8	1,804,500?
N/L	Replacement Banknote. First interval. (Z08-Z09). Known Z08002438 - Z09801763. Estimated Z08000001 - Z09804500
N/L	bbcv50bsf-aa04r2	Febrero 03 2011	Z8	28,125?
N/L	Second interval. (Z06116-Z06128). Known Z06116843 - Z06128087. Estimated Z06100001 - Z06128125

Known errors pieces (6)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv50bsf-aa04-l8,e	Febrero 03 2011	L8	-
N/L	Error. Cut failure. Displaced vertical offset cut position by late paper handling
N/L	bbcv50bsf-aa04-m8,e	Febrero 03 2011	M8	40?
N/L	Error. Cut failure. Displaced vertical offset cut position by late paper handling
N/L	bbcv50bsf-aa04-m8,e2	Febrero 03 2011	M8	-
N/L	Error. Incomplete printing on the obverse. Partial Calcographic (intanglio) printing due to ink failure
N/L	bbcv50bsf-aa04-m8,e3	Febrero 03 2011	M8	45?
N/L	Error. Incomplete printing on the obverse. Missing Calcographic (intanglio) printing
N/L	bbcv50bsf-aa04-n8,e	Febrero 03 2011	N8	-
N/L	Error. Cut failure with incomplete banknote produced by folding. It has significant portion of another banknote
N/L	bbcv50bsf-aa04-p8,e	Febrero 03 2011	P8	-
N/L	Error. Cut failure with incomplete banknote produced by folding. It has significant portion of another banknote

Other pieces (1)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv50bsf-aa04s	Febrero 03 2011	N8	100?
N/L	Stamped on both faces "MUESTRA SIN VALOR" «sample with no value» in red (not perfored). Numbered specimen. Known 1903 - 1998. Estimated 1901 - 2000

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.