Piece bbdv20bs-bas2 : Banknote of 20 Bolívares : No date : Banco de 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

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 B, Type C Design B, Type D Design C, Type A Design C, Type B Design C, Type C Design C, Type D Design D, Type A

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Obverse

Photograph credits: Ebay: devilmansports

Reverse

Photograph credits: Ebay: devilmansports

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Characteristics from Design B, Type A

Identification Code: bbdv20bs-ba
Size: 175 x 73 mm (6.89 x 2.87 in.)
Obverse: Black over yellow and green underprint. On the right a cowboy with cattle. At upper left corner, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA". In each corner the denomination value "20" within a rossete (except upper left corner). At left, a rosette with the denomination value "20" within surrounded by the the payment clause "VALE POR VEINTE BOLIVARES QUE SE PAGARAN AL PORTADOR EN CARACAS A LA PRESENTACION". In the top, the legend of the capitalization amount "SOCIEDAD ANONIMA. CAPITAL 15.000.000". Below the main theme, the date "Caracas, ______ de 189_".
Reverse: Green background pattern. 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 FEDon", on each side the denomination value "20" within a rosette each side. Above and below the Coat of Arms the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA".
Production information: May 1897: 90,000 pieces (serie 5, interval 00001 - 90000)

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdv20bs-bas2
Piece type: Specimen banknote without date
Date: No date
Serie: 5. 5 zeroes or digits
Amount: Unknown.
Printer: American Bank Note Co.
Note: Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" in red (perfored).

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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»: No signature
Por el Banco de Venezuela «p.p. Banco de Venezuela»: No signature
El Secretario «The secretary»: No signature

Identification in other catalogs

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): S271s

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 of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.
Latin American Bank Note Records by Ricardo Magan.