Marzo 20 2007

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Mayo 24 2007

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Septiembre 03 2009

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Febrero 03 2011

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Octubre 29 2013

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Agosto 19 2014

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Obverse

Photograph credits: Haydee Mosqueda

Reverse

Photograph credits: Haydee Mosqueda

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Characteristics from Design A, Type A

Identification Code: bbcv5bsf-aa
Identification by Sergio Sucre: 5D
Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
General: Multicolor design with orange as predominant colors.
Obverse: Design with portrait orientation. On the top, "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA" «Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela». Below, the denomination value "5", the denomination in words "CINCO BOLÍVARES" «five 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 Pedro Camejo (Negro Primero) based on a brozen bust done in 1930 by Antonio Rodríguez del Villar and it's located in Monument to Carabobo, with the denomination value "5" 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 Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus). 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 "5" and the denomination in words "CINCO BOLÍVARES" «five Bolívares».
Some security elements: security thread with "BCV 5", "BCV 5", "BCV 5" and "BCV 5" (in front of light); watermarks, invisible ink (ultraviolet) and see-through perfect print registration. On the obverse latent image "5" on the bottom.
Watermark: portrait of Pedro Camejo and the denomination value "5".

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv5bsf-aa04-r8
Piece type: Normal issued banknote
Date: Febrero 03 2011
Serie: R8. Prefix R followed by 8 digits
Amount: 10,000,000 (estimated).
Printer: Brazilian Mint
Serial interval: Unknown. Estimated R00000001 - R10000000. Known R00016904 - R09989399
Known serial prefix: R00-R09 ?

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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: 3312 (all), 1833 (Level 1), 1042 (Level 2), 379 (Level 3) and 58 (Level 4)
Low serial interval: R00000001-R00003312 (all), R00001480-R00003312 (Level 1), R00000438-R00001479 (Level 2), R00000059-R00000437 (Level 3) and R00000001-R00000058 (Level 4)
High serial interval: R09996689-R10000000 (all), R09996689-R09998521 (Level 1), R09998522-R09999563 (Level 2), R09999564-R09999942 (Level 3) and R09999943-R10000000 (Level 4)
Amount of bookend serial number: 99,999 (2 digits), 9,999 (3 digits), 999 (4 digits)
Amount of ladder serial number: 70 (circular), 128 (non-circular)
Amount of many repeated digits in-a-row serial number: 2,916 (5 digits), 243 (6 digits), 19 (7 digits)
Amount of many repeated digits of-a-kind serial number: 40,824 (5 digits), 2,268 (6 digits), 73 (7 digits)
Amount of serial number with unique digits: 1,144 (2 digits-binary), 69,552 (3 digits-ternary)
Amount of repeater serial number: 9 (2 digits)
Amount of birthday serial number (estimated between years 1900-2050): 16,308 (day-month-year), 41,374 (month-day-year), 0 (year-month-day)
Amount of doubles serial number: 729
Amount of radar serial number: 999
Amount of rotator serial number: 63
Amount of solid serial number: 0

Signatures

Presidente BCV «President of BCV»: Nelson Merentes
Primer Vicepresidente BCV «First vicepresident of BCV»: Eudomar Tovar

Identification in other catalogs

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P89d

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.