Photo from piece bbdv100bs-cb02-5: Design C, Type B. Date Agosto 14 1914. Serie 5 digits Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
Reverse
Photo from piece bbdv100bs-cb02-5: Design C, Type B. Date Agosto 14 1914. Serie 5 digits Photograph credits: Bowers and Merena Auctions
Characteristics
Date: Agosto 14 1914
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 XXXXXXX á la presentacion". In the top, the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL Bs 12.000.000". Overprint "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank».
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)
Design variations in the obverse: From Design C, Type A. There is an overprint "PAGADERO EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payment to the bearer at the bank offices» and the word "CARACAS" in the payment clause was blacked.
Signatures: "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela», "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela» and "El Secretario" «The secretary»
Español
