Piece bbdv500bs-aap2 : Banknote of 500 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 D, Type A

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Reverse

Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries

Back

Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries

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Characteristics from Design A, Type A

Identification Code: bbdv500bs-aa
Obverse: Design in green. On the left, allegorical of miners. On the right, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author. Above, the denomination value "500" within a guilloche. On the top, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA" - "SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA", the legend of the capitalization amount "Capital B/8.000.000" and the date filling space "Caracas _____ de 18__". In the center, the denomination value "500" within a guilloche. Below, "VALE POR", the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred Bolívares» and the payment clause "que se pagarán al portador en Carácas á la presentacion" «payable to bearer in Caracas upon presentation». On the bottom, the signatures zone with the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred Bolívares» as background
Reverse: Design in blue. On the left, inside a circle Coat of Arms with the motto "INDEPENDENCIA", "LIBERTAD", "5 DE JULIO 1811", "28 DE MARZO 1864" and "DIOS Y FEDERACION" and the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA". On the right, the denomination value "500" within a guilloche. In the left corners the denomination value "500"
Production information: July 3^rd, 1890: 1600 pieces (serie 4, interval 0001 - 1600), February 1891: 1000 pieces (serie 4, interval 1601 - 2600)

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdv500bs-aap2
Date: No date
Serie: No serial number
Amount: Unknown.
Printer: American Bank Note Co.
Note: Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.

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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): S264p

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.