Obverse
Photograph credits: Tully's Antiques
Reverse
Photograph credits: Tully's Antiques
Obverse (partial)
Photograph credits: Tully's Antiques
Reverse (partial)
Photograph credits: Tully's Antiques
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Characteristics from Design B, Type A
- Identification Code: bbdv1000bs-ba
- Obverse: In the center, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author. On each side, the denomination value "1000" within a guilloche. Below, the legend "VALE POR", the denomination in words "UN MIL BOLIVARES" and the payment clause "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" «payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation». On the top, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA", amount of signatures and the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B/15.000.000". On the left and on the right, allegorical of horses and cowboys. On the bottom, over a background in light-blue, the signatures zone. In upper corners the denomination value "1000". On the left, below of the allegorical of horses and cowboys, the date filling space.
- Reverse: Design in blue. In the center, inside a circle Coat of Arms with the motto "INDEPENDENCIA", "LIBERTAD", "5 DE JULIO 1811", "28 DE MARZO 1864" and "DIOS Y FEDERACION". On each side, the denomination value "1000". Above and below of the Coat of Arms, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA".
- Production information: May 1897: 1000 pieces (serie 4, interval 0001 - 1000)
Characteristics
- Identification Code: bbdv1000bs-bap4
- Date: No date
- Serie: 5. 5 digits
- Amount: Unknown.
- Printer: American Bank Note Co.
- Note: Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" in red (perfored).
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Due to the absence of official information on the banknotes issuance made by private and public entities before the creation of the Central Bank of Venezuela, the list includes known pieces or pieces referenced in a bibliography.
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Signatures
- Por el Banco de Venezuela «p.p. Banco de Venezuela»: No signature
- Por el Banco de Venezuela «p.p. Banco de Venezuela»: No signature
- El Secretario «The secretary»: No signature
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)