Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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Obverse
Piece bbc400bs-aap (Obverse)
Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries
Back
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Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries
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Characteristics from Design A, Type A
  • Identification Code: bbc400bs-aa
  • Obverse: Design in blue. In the center, the denomination in words "CUATROCIENTOS BOLIVARES" surrounded by the payment clause "El Banco Caracas pagara al portador en dinero efectivo a la presentacion de este billete" «Banco Caracas will pay to the bearer in cash upon presentation of this banknote». On the top, the issuer name "BANCO CARACAS", "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA" and the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL B. 6.000.000". On the bottom, the signatures zone. Above, the date filling space "Caracas, _____ de 189__". On the left, allegorical of a seated woman. In each corner the denomination value "400".
  • Reverse: Design in red. In the center, allegorical of the Justice with an scale and sword surrounded by the issuer name "BANCO CARACAS", "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA" and the capitalization amount. On each side, the denomination value "400" within a guilloche.
  • Production information: January 1893: 2500 pieces (serie C4, interval C6000 - C8499)
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: bbc400bs-aap
  • Date: No date
  • Serie: No serial number
  • Amount: Unknown.
  • Printer: The Hommer Lee Bank Note Company New York
  • Note: Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
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Signatures
  • Director «Director»: No signature
  • Director «Director»: No signature
  • Gerente «Manager»: No signature
Identification in other catalogs
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM): S138p
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)
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