Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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  3. Banco de Venezuela
  4. Bolívar
  5. 500 Bolívares
  6. Design D
  7. Type A
  8. Junio 18 1938
  9. bbdv500bs-da06-5
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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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Julio 22 1935

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Septiembre 27 1935

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Octubre 26 1935

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Junio 16 1936

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Junio 18 1938

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Octubre 27 1939

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Obverse
Piece bbdv500bs-da06-5 (Obverse)
Photograph credits: Numisur
Reverse
Piece bbdv500bs-da06-5 (Reverse)
Photograph credits: Numisur
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Characteristics from Design D, Type A
  • Identification Code: bbdv500bs-da
  • Obverse: Design in black over a background in blue. On the left, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author. Above, the date filling space "Caracas _____ 190__". On the right, the denomination value "500" within a guilloche. Below, "VALE POR", the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred Bolívares». Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA" - "SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA". In each corner the denomination value "500". On the bottom, the signatures zone. Above, the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank». Below the date, the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL Bs. 24.000.000".
  • 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 "500". Above and below of the Coat of Arms the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA". In each corner the denomination value "500"
  • Production information: November 1934: 8000 pieces (serie 5, interval 38001 - 46000), March 1936: 12,000 pieces (serie 5, interval 46001 - 58000), August 1939: 10,000 pieces (serie 5, interval 58001 - 68000)
  • Design variations in the obverse: From Design C, Type D, changes the underprint design.
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: bbdv500bs-da06-5
  • Piece type: Normal issued banknote
  • Date: Junio 18 1938
  • Serie: 5. 5 digits
  • Amount: Unknown. 2 known pieces. (based on reports and researches. Not conclusive about amount of surviving pieces)
  • Printer: American Bank Note Co.
  • Serial interval: Unknown. Known 55706 - 56740
  • Known pieces or cases: 55706 and 56740
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Warning
- 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.
Signatures
  • Por el Banco de Venezuela «p.p. Banco de Venezuela»: Unknown
  • Por el Banco de Venezuela «p.p. Banco de Venezuela»: Unknown
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)
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