Piece bbdv100bs-cap2 : Banknote of 100 Bolívares : No date : Banco de Venezuela

Banco Caracas Banco Central de Venezuela Banco Colonial Británico Banco Comercial Banco Comercial de Maracaibo Banco de Carabobo Banco de Carácas Banco de Londres y Venezuela Banco de Maracaibo Banco de Venezuela

Banco de Venezuela (first) Banco Mercantil y Agrícola Banco Nacional de Venezuela Banco Venezolano de Crédito Billete de Tesorería Compañía de Accionistas Compañía de Crédito Distrito Federal Estado de Guayana Estados Unidos de Venezuela

Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social República de Venezuela

20 Bolívares 40 Bolívares 50 Bolívares 100 Bolívares 500 Bolívares 1000 Bolívares

Design A, Type A Design B, Type A Design B, Type B Design C, Type A Design C, Type B Design C, Type C Design C, Type D Design C, Type E Design E, Type A

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Obverse

Photograph credits: PANA

Reverse

Photograph credits: PANA

Obverse

Photograph credits: PANA

Reverse

Photograph credits: PANA

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Characteristics from Design C, Type A

Identification Code: bbdv100bs-ca
Obverse: In the center, allegorical of two talking cowboys with cattle toward. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA" - "SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA". Below, the denomination in words "CIEN BOLÍVARES" «one hundred Bolívares». In each side, within a guilloche the denomination value "100". On the right, the date filling space. In each corner within a guilloche the denomination value "100". On the bottom, the signatures zone. Above, the payment clause "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" «payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation». In the top, the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL Bs 12.000.000".
Reverse: Design in brown. 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 "100". Above and below of the Coat of Arms the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA". In each corner the denomination value "100".
Production information: July 1910: 45,000 pieces (serie 5, interval 00001 - 45000)

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdv100bs-cap2
Date: No date
Serie: No serial number
Amount: Unknown.
Printer: Paris Mint
Note: Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" in red (perfored).

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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

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): S288p1

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 of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.
Latin American Bank Note Records by Ricardo Magan.