Photo from piece bbdm400bs-ab01-f4: Design A, Type B. Date Enero 01 1917. Serie F,4 Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
Reverse
Photo from piece bbdm400bs-ab01-f4: Design A, Type B. Date Enero 01 1917. Serie F,4 Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
Characteristics
Date: Enero 01 1917
Size: 186 x 88 mm (7.32 x 3.46 in.)
Obverse: Design in black over a background in yellow. In the center, portrait of an unknown woman. with the denomination value "400" below within a guilloche. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE MARACAIBO" - "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA". On each side, the denomination value "400" within a guilloche. On the left, allegorical of a standing woman holding a book. On the bottom left, Coat of Arms. In upper corners the denomination value "400" within a guilloche. On the bottom, the signatures zone. Above, splitted in two parts, the denomination in words "CUATROCIENTOS BOLIVARES" and Payment clause "Que se pagaran al portador a su presentacion en las oficinas del banco" «Payable to bearer in the office of the bank». On the upper right, the date filling space "____ de 19__".
Reverse: Design in yellow. In the center, the denomination value "400" within a guilloche
Production information: August 1916: 1050 pieces (serie 4, interval 0001 - 1050)
Design variations in the obverse: From Design A, Type A, changes the date filling space.
Signatures: "Gerente" «Manager» and "Segundo Director Principal" «2nd principal»