Banknotes from the Banco Central de Venezuela : 2 Bolívares - Design A, Type A : 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

1 Bolívar 2 Bolívares 5 Bolívares 10 Bolívares 20 Bolívares 50 Bolívares 100 Bolívares 500 Bolívares 1000 Bolívares 2000 Bolívares

5000 Bolívares 10,000 Bolívares 20,000 Bolívares 50,000 Bolívares

Obverse

Photo from piece bbcv2bs-aa01-ae7: Design A, Type A. Date Octubre 05 1989. Serie AE7
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Reverse

Photo from piece bbcv2bs-aa01-ae7: Design A, Type A. Date Octubre 05 1989. Serie AE7
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Characteristics

Identification Code: bbcv2bs-aa
Size: 115mm x 55mm. The size is smaller than regular size of 156 x 69 mm (6.14 x 2.72 in.)
Obverse: Design mainly in dark cyan and gray over a light blue background. On the right, bust of Panteón Nacional with the leyend "BARRE" below and two leyends in arc on it's side "BOLÍVAR" and "LIBERTADOR". On the left, the denomination in words "DOS BOLÍVARES" «Two Bolívares» inside a guilloche with a serial number above. In each corner, the value in words "DOS". On the top left, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». On the bottom, the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank».
Reverse: Design in gray and white over a dark cyan background. In the center, the denomination in words "DOS BOLÍVARES" «Two Bolívares». On the right, Coat of Arms. On the left, the value "2". On the bottom, the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" «Central Bank of Venezuela». In each corner the value "2".
Common name: This banknote, with the 1 Bolívar banknotes was also known with the popular name of "Tinoticos", in honor of the president of the Central Bank of Venezuela by then. Another popular name was "Monopolio", derived by similar size and paper quality of the popular game "Monopoly".
Circulation note: Theses banknotes were issued in emergency to solve the shortage of coins during 1988-1989, as a consequence of illegal funding to obtain nickel due to the high price of this metal in comparison to it's face value. The banknotes that are part of these issues are 1 Bolívar, 2 Bolívares and 5 Bolívares (Design B, type B).
Note about amount of pieces: Based on information from Venezuelan Metallic Coins (Asdrúbal Grillet), How to collect banknotes-Venezuelan Catalog 1811-2003 (Germán Hernandez) and Centralized banknote issues of Venezuela (Sergio Sucre), the amount of pieces were 600 millions. However, the known series and amount of pieces are far from that the official amount. Maybe there were other series prefix that never have circulated, printed or have been destroyed. The serial prefixes that should exist are from AA7 through CS7. This website will only lists those that they existences are known. Some series are less common (see the known serial interval and serie prefix).
Signatures: "Presidente" «President» and "Primer Vice presidente" «First Vicepresident»

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	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 (25)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-aa7	Octubre 05 1989	AA7	9,999,999
P69	Known AA0000001 - AA9968699
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-ab7	Octubre 05 1989	AB7	9,999,999
P69	Known AB0009840 - AB9932091
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-ac7	Octubre 05 1989	AC7	9,999,999
P69	Known AC0000607 - AC9998999
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-ad7	Octubre 05 1989	AD7	9,999,999
P69	Known AD0030903 - AD9929732
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-ae7	Octubre 05 1989	AE7	9,999,999
P69	Known AE0102315 - AE9091487
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-af7	Octubre 05 1989	AF7	9,999,999
P69	Known AF0691192 - AF8443005
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-ag7	Octubre 05 1989	AG7	9,999,999
P69	Known AG6103584 - AG9926358
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-ah7	Octubre 05 1989	AH7	9,999,999
P69	Known AH0016077 - AH9957231
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-aj7	Octubre 05 1989	AJ7	9,999,999
P69	Known AJ1081281 - AJ9948165
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-ak7 (A)	Octubre 05 1989	AK7	9,999,999
P69	Known AK0182000 - AK8809369
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-al7	Octubre 05 1989	AL7	9,999,999
P69	Known AL0442612 - AL9959769
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-am7	Octubre 05 1989	AM7	9,999,999
P69	Known AM0003949 - AM3875779. Estimated AM0000001 - AM9999999
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-aw7	Octubre 05 1989	AW7	9,999,999
P69	Known AW3429950 - AW9909175
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-ay7	Octubre 05 1989	AY7	9,999,999
P69	Known AY0455184 - AY9209688
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-az7	Octubre 05 1989	AZ7	9,999,999
P69	Known AZ0025002 - AZ9830025
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-ba7	Octubre 05 1989	BA7	9,999,999
P69	Known BA0051752 - BA4483888
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-bj7	Octubre 05 1989	BJ7	9,999,999
P69	Known BJ4454486 - BJ4496288
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-bl7	Octubre 05 1989	BL7	9,999,999
P69	Known BL0250385 - BL6554618
p69	bbcv2bs-aa01-bn7	Octubre 05 1989	BN7	9,999,999
p69	Known BN8225064 - BN8248852
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-bp7	Octubre 05 1989	BP7	9,999,999
P69	Known BP1138608 - BP9297514
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-br7	Octubre 05 1989	BR7	9,999,999
P69	Known BR2452376 - BR7847095
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-bu7	Octubre 05 1989	BU7	9,999,999
P69	Known BU4705904 - BU9798013
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-bv7	Octubre 05 1989	BV7	9,999,999
P69	Known BV0301074 - BV9446449
P69	bbcv2bs-aa01-bw7	Octubre 05 1989	BW7	9,999,999
P69	Known BW2011260 - BW8599386
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01-cn7	Octubre 05 1989	CN7	9,999,999
N/L	Known CN9755872 - CN9755874

Replacement banknote (1)

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SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01r	Octubre 05 1989	XX7	1,200,500?
N/L	Known XX0000173 - XX1200487. Estimated XX0000001 - XX1200500

Other pieces (7)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01p	Octubre 05 1989	CH7	-
N/L	Print proof. Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" in red (not perfored).
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01p2	Octubre 05 1989	CJ7	-
N/L	Print proof. Stamped "SPECIMEN" in red (not perfored).
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01p3	Octubre 05 1989	AW7	-
N/L	Print proof. Stamped "ESPECIMEN" in red (not perfored).
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01p4	Octubre 05 1989	AM7	-
N/L	Print proof. Stamped "SPECIMEN" in red (not perfored).. Incomplete obverse print.
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01p5	Octubre 05 1989	A7	-
N/L	Print proof. Stamped "SPECIMEN" in red (not perfored). Incomplete obverse print.
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01s	Octubre 05 1989	AA7	-
N/L	Stamped on the obverse "ESPÉCIMEN" in magenta (not perfored). Unnumbered specimen
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01s2	Octubre 05 1989	AA7	-
N/L	No Specimen stamp (not perfored). Unnumbered specimen

Known errors pieces (1)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbcv2bs-aa01-af7,e	Octubre 05 1989	AF7	-
N/L	Error. Incomplete serial number printing due to ink failure

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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.