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Glossary beginning by the letter H
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High serial number

A banknote that has a serial number near to the end of the serie (view Low serial number for the reverse case). It's necessary to know the serial interval (or its estimated), because the serie can start in any number, nonetheless generally ends at 90000000. This piece is not common to be looked for as contrary to the low serial. This kind of serials is not as popular as the low serial.

Currently there are no defined conditions yet to check whether a serie is high or not, however this website provides the guideline based on Relative amount of low and high serial number, which there are four amount of pieces that define four intervals.
General Interval
The general low serial interval are pieces within all levels, from the beginning of the 1st Level and ending of the 4th Level.

Banknote with high serial number
This piece, identified as bbcv500bs-ea02-b8 has a serial interval B00000001-B30000000 with 30,000,000 pieces (excluding damaged and not used). The interval for high serial number is B29994246-B30000000 with 5755 pieces. Photograph credits: José Sleiman

A.- First Interval (1st Level)
The interval is based on the first level of the conditions. This level can be considered the more feasible.

Banknote with high serial number level 1
This piece, identified as bbcv20000bs-ba03-c8 has a serial interval C02900001-C90000000 with 87,100,000 pieces (excluding damaged and not used). The interval for high serial number level 1 is C89990164-C89996059 with 5896 pieces. Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

B.- Second Interval (2nd Level)
The interval is based on the second level of the conditions (4.000 pieces for 90.000.000 issues).

Banknote with high serial number level 2
This piece, identified as bbcv20bsf-ab01-k8 has a serial interval K00000001-K40000000 (estimated) with 40,000,000 (estimated) pieces (excluding damaged and not used). The interval for high serial number level 2 is K39997230-K39999264 with 2035 pieces. Photograph credits: Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

C.- Third Interval (3rd Level)
The interval is based on the third level of the conditions (1.000 pieces for 90.000.000 issues).
Banknote with high serial number level 3
This piece, identified as bbcv500bs-ea02-b8 has a serial interval B00000001-B30000000 with 30,000,000 pieces (excluding damaged and not used). The interval for high serial number level 3 is B29999340-B29999924 with 585 pieces. Photograph credits: José Sleiman

D.- Fourth Interval (4th Level)
The interval is based on the fourth level of the conditions (100 pieces for 90.000.000 issues). This can be considered as the harder or least feasible.
Banknote with high serial number level 4
This piece, identified as bbcv100bsf-aa08-ap8 has a serial interval AP00000001-AP90000000 (estimated) with 90,000,000 (estimated) pieces (excluding damaged and not used). The interval for high serial number level 4 is AP89999901-AP90000000 with 100 pieces. Photograph credits: Jan Ordoñez