Piece bbdv40bs-aas : Banknote of 40 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

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Obverse

Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries

Reverse

Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries

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Characteristics from Design A, Type A

Identification Code: bbdv40bs-aa
Size: 175 x 76 mm (6.89 x 2.99 in.)
Obverse: On the left, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author. On the right, allegorical of a cowboy roping cattle. In the center, the denomination value "40" within a guilloche. On the top, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA", "Sociedad Anónima". Below, the date filling space "Caracas, ______ de 18__" and the legend of the capitalization amount "Capital B/8.000.000.". Below the main theme, the denomination in words "Vale por Cuarenta Bolivares" with the payment clause "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" «payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation». In the upper right corner and bottom corners, the denomination value "40" within a guilloche.
Reverse: Dark green guilloche background. At left, inside a circle, Coat of Arms with the motto "INDEPENDENCIA", "LIBERTAD", "5 DE JULIO 1811", "28 DE MARZO 1864" and "DIOS Y FEDERACION". At right, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA". In each corner the denomination value "40".
Production information: July 3^rd, 1890: 15,000 pieces (serie 5, interval 00001 - 15000)

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdv40bs-aas
Piece type: Specimen banknote without date
Date: No date
Serie: 5. 5 zeroes or digits
Amount: Unknown.
Printer: American Bank Note Co.
Note: Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "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): S262s

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.