Banknotes from the Banco Central de Venezuela : 2000 Bolívares Fuertes - Design A, Type B : Numismatic Catalog of 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

Bolívar Bolívar Digital Bolívar Fuerte Bolívar Soberano

2 Bolívares Fuertes 5 Bolívares Fuertes 10 Bolívares Fuertes 20 Bolívares Fuertes 50 Bolívares Fuertes 100 Bolívares Fuertes 500 Bolívares Fuertes 1000 Bolívares Fuertes 2000 Bolívares Fuertes 5000 Bolívares Fuertes

10,000 Bolívares Fuertes 20,000 Bolívares Fuertes 100,000 Bolívares Fuertes

Design A, Type A Design A, Type B

Obverse

Photo from piece bbcv2000bsf-ab01-d8: Design A, Type B. Date Agosto 18 2016. Serie D8
Photograph credits: numismaniacos

Reverse

Photo from piece bbcv2000bsf-ab01-d8: Design A, Type B. Date Agosto 18 2016. Serie D8
Photograph credits: numismaniacos

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv2000bsf-ab
Size: 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
General: Multicolor design with brown and orange as predominant colors.
Obverse: Design with portrait orientation. On the top, "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA" «Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela». Below, the denomination value "2000", the date, the denomination in words "DOS MIL BOLIVARES" «two thousand Bolívares», the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank» and the signers. At right, watermarks zone. On the bottom, portrait of Guaicaipuro by Pedro Centeno Vallenilla, with the denomination value "2000" below. The serial numbers are located at upper right and bottom left rotated 90 degrees clock-wise.
Reverse: Design with landscape orientation. In the center, over the field American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) with Ucaima Falls, and Venado and Kurún Tepui as background. On the right, watermarks zone. On the top left, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». On the left, Coat of Arms. On the bottom right, the denomination value "2000" and the denomination in words "DOS MIL BOLIVARES" «two thousand Bolívares».
Some security elements: Diving holographic security thread in 4 windows with "BCV", "BCV", "BCV" and "BCV" (in front of light); watermarks, invisible ink (ultraviolet) and see-through perfect print registration. On the obverse, latent image "BCV" on the bottom.
Watermark: "BCV" and portrait of Simon Bolivar by Philippe Froesch.
Design variations: From Design A, Type A, the denomination value "2000" (on the top, obverse) without Optically Variable Ink (OVI), changes the security thread and watermarks.
Note: The only issue of this type (18 Agosto 2016) has an error. There is a signers error or issue date error due to incoherence beween both.
Signatures: "Presidente BCV" «President of BCV» and "Primer Vicepresidente BCV" «First vicepresident of BCV»

Improve the catalog

	If you have an unlisted piece, you can send a comment along with a photograph following the instructions in the Contact section for verificaton and cataloging. Your contribution will be appreciated and will help to improve the quality of this website.

Warning

	A banknote piece with unknown serie prefix or out of estimated or known serial interval does not necessarily means that it's a unique and rare piece. Due to the absence of official information, piece distribution in the country, difficulties and limits to the inhabitants to access paper money, specially since 2017 approximately, make difficult the studies and estimation of banknote issues. The warning apply also for known pieces due to the reserved information from collectors. The precision and quality of the information depends on these previouly mentioned factors, received reports and social network information.

A banknote piece with unknown serie prefix or out of estimated or known serial interval does not necessarily means that it's a unique and rare piece.

Due to the absence of official information, piece distribution in the country, difficulties and limits to the inhabitants to access paper money, specially since 2017 approximately, make difficult the studies and estimation of banknote issues.

The warning apply also for known pieces due to the reserved information from collectors.

The precision and quality of the information depends on these previouly mentioned factors, received reports and social network information.

Issues (3)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
P96b	bbcv2000bsf-ab01-b8	Agosto 18 2016	B8	35,527,499?
P96b	(>=B64474). Known B64474344 - B99999444. Estimated B64472501 - B99999999
P96b	bbcv2000bsf-ab01-c8	Agosto 18 2016	C8	99,999,999?
P96b	Known C00001007 - C99895926. Estimated C00000001 - C99999999
P96b	bbcv2000bsf-ab01-d8	Agosto 18 2016	D8	7,515,000?
P96b	(<=D075). Known D00000016 - D07472510. Estimated D00000001 - D07515000

Replacement banknote (1)

View more information about Replacement Banknote.

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv2000bsf-ab01r	Agosto 18 2016	Z8	2250?
N/L	(Z00053-Z00055). Known Z00053618 - Z00055173. Estimated Z00053001 - Z00055250

Legend

Piece information

No change

Unconfirmed (C)

Added recently (N)

Deprecated (E)

Updated (A)

Unverified (V)

In revision (R)

Unconfirmed: Referenced piece that it's not confirmed the existence.
Added recently: Piece added since 29 October, 2024
Deprecated: Piece deleted and no longer valid.
Updated: Piece updated since 29 October, 2024
Unverified: Piece that should exists but no verified piece is known.
In revision: Catalogued piece that is under revision.

Entry without photo

Entry with photo

Entry with updated photo

Entry with incomplete photo

Entry with photo to improve

N/L Not Listed in Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM)

XX.XXX.XXX ? Estimated amount, not confirmed

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 from the Banco Central de Venezuela (issues from 1940-March 1989) and Centralized banknote issues of Venezuela (issues from September 1989-2007) by Sergio Sucre Castillo, which have more details and deep information about banknote issues from Banco Central de Venezuela. If you are interested to purchase a copy you can contact the author at the email address in the bibliographic reference section.