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Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social República de Venezuela

2 Reales 1 Peso Fuerte 2 Pesos Fuertes 4 Pesos Fuertes 8 Pesos Fuertes 16 Pesos Fuertes

Design A, Type A Design A, Type B

Agosto 27 1811

beuv2p-aa01-5

Obverse

Photograph credits: Gerardo Valbuena

Reverse

Photograph credits: Gerardo Valbuena

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Characteristics from Design A, Type A

Identification Code: beuv2p-aa
General: Size 116 x 81 mm
Obverse: In the center, on the left circular seal with a sun with the number 19 inside, with rays covering the field that contains seven stars that represents the seven province. In the circumference the legend "ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA - 1811", on the right circular seal with a sun in the top with the number 19 inside, with a ray covering a scenery of a seaport with two sail, a palm, anchor, barrel and two trunks. In the circumference, the legend "PENA DE MUERTE AL FALSIFICADOR" «DEATH PENALTY TO THE COUNTERFEITER». In the top "Hipotecado sobre Las Rentas Nacionales de la Confederación" «Mortgaged on the National Income of the Confederation», below the number of coupon, serial number and folio. In the bottom, the signs and the leyend Año primero de la independencia. In the center, between the two seal, in vertical style, "Dos Pesos". In the lower-left, a l

Characteristics

Identification Code: beuv2p-aa01-5
Piece type: Normal issued banknote
Date: Agosto 27 1811
Serie: 0. variable amount of digits
Amount: 75,000 (estimated). 3 known pieces. (based on reports and researches. Not conclusive about amount of surviving pieces)
Printer: Imprenta de Juan Baillío y Luis Delpech
Serial interval: - ???. Known 16617 - 42764
Known pieces or cases: 16617, 29717 and 42764

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Signatures

1st Signer: Juan Germán Roscio
2nd Signer: Bartolomé Blandin
3rd Signer: Martín Tovar Ponte

Identification in other catalogs

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): P5

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

The paper money of the First Republic by Tomás Stohr.