Banknotes in Bolívares : Banco Central de Venezuela : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Information about Banco Central de Venezuela and the Monetary Unit Bolívar

Historical overview

The Banco Central de Venezuela was created on September 7th 1939 with the issue of the Act "Ley del Banco Central de Venezuela" «The Central Bank of Venezuela Act», as a goal to centralize the banknotes and coin issuing, which in that time, many banks where issuing banknotes.

Monetary Unit Name

Bolívar of Silver (1879-1918)
Bolívar of Gold (1918-1974)
Bolívar (1974-2007)

Monetary System

100 Céntimos = 1 Bolívar

Time Period

From 1879 through December 31st 2007, which has been replaced by "Bolívar Fuerte".

Monetary equivalence

5 Céntimos = 1 Centavo (Venezolano)
1 Bolívar = 20 Centavo (Venezolano)
5 Bolívares = 1 Venezolano
1000 Bolívares = 1 Bolívar Fuerte

Denominations

1 Bolívar (Tinoquito)

Photo from piece bbcv1bs-aa01-a8	Banknotes of 1 Bolívar Design A, Type A (Tinoquito) 1989

2 Bolívares (Tinoquito)

Photo from piece bbcv2bs-aa01-bp7	Banknotes of 2 Bolívares Design A, Type A (Tinoquito) 1989

5 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv5bs-bb01-e8	Banknotes of 5 Bolívares Design A, Type A 1966 Design B, Type A with "Caracas" 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 Design B, Type B without "Caracas" 1989

10 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv10bs-ab07-e7	Banknotes of 10 Bolívares Design A, Type A "EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA" 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 Design A, Type B "REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA" 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960 Design B, Type A 1952 Design C, Type A (Cara volteada) 1961 Design D, Type A with "Caracas" 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Design D, Type B without "Caracas" 1988 Design E, Type A with "Caracas" 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 Design E, Type B without "Caracas" 1986, 1990, 1992, 1995 Design F, Type A 1980 Design G, Type A 1981

20 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv20bs-cas12	Banknotes of 20 Bolívares Design A, Type A "EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA" 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 Design A, Type B "REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA" 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 Design B, Type A 1952 Design C, Type A 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966 Design D, Type A 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974 Design E, Type A 1971, 1972 Design F, Type A with "Caracas" 1974, 1977, 1979 Design F, Type B 1981, 1989, 1995, 1998 Design F, Type C 1984 Design F, Type D 1987, 1990 Design F, Type E 1992 Design G, Type A (Conmemorative to Rafael Urdaneta) 1987

50 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv50bs-ab05-e7	Banknotes of 50 Bolívares Design A, Type A "EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA" 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 Design A, Type B "REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA" 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960 Design B, Type A 1953 Design C, Type A 1961, 1963 Design D, Type A 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972 Design E, Type A with "Caracas" 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977 Design E, Type B 1985, 1988 Design E, Type C 3 "50" on the bottom 1990 Design E, Type D 1992, 1995, 1998 Design E, Type E 1998 Design F, Type A 1981

100 Bolívares (Tabla)

Photo from piece bbcv100bs-aa17-a7	Banknotes of 100 Bolívares Design A, Type A "EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA" 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 Design A, Type B "REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA" 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 Design B, Type A 1953 Design C, Type A 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 Design D, Type A serie in red 1972, 1974 Design D, Type B serie in blue, with printer name 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981 Design D, Type C serie in blue, with printer name 1987 Design D, Type D serie in blue, with printer name, magnetic ink in serie 1989, 1990, 1992, 1998 Design E, Type A 1980

500 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv500bs-eb01-c8	Banknotes of 500 Bolívares Design A, Type A 1940 Design B, Type A 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 Design C, Type A "EE.UU. DE VENEZUELA" 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953 Design C, Type B "REPUBLICA DE VENEZUELA" 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971 Design D, Type A (Guri) 1971, 1972 Design E, Type A 1981, 1987, 1989, 1990 Design E, Type B 1995 Design E, Type C 1998

1000 Bolívares (Luca)

Photo from piece bbcv1000bs-ac03-p9	Banknotes of 1000 Bolívares Design A, Type A "Bolívares" without accent in "i" 1991 Design A, Type B Without Optically Variable Ink (OVI) 1992, 1994 Design A, Type C With Optically Variable Ink (OVI) 1995, 1998 Design B, Type A 1998

2000 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv2000bs-ab03s	Banknotes of 2000 Bolívares Design A, Type A "2000" in green and black at lower left 1994, 1995 Design A, Type B "2000" in black at lower left 1997, 1998 Design B, Type A 1998

5000 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv5000bs-ab03-g8	Banknotes of 5000 Bolívares Design A, Type A With Optically Variable Ink (OVI) 1994, 1996 Design A, Type B Without Optically Variable Ink (OVI) 1997, 1998 Design B, Type A 2000, 2002, 2004

10,000 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv10000bs-ba03r	Banknotes of 10,000 Bolívares Design A, Type A 1998 Design B, Type A "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking back 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Design B, Type B "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking forward 2006

20,000 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv20000bs-ba02s2	Banknotes of 20,000 Bolívares Design A, Type A 1998 Design B, Type A "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking back 2001, 2002, 2004 Design B, Type B "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking forward 2006

50,000 Bolívares

Photo from piece bbcv50000bs-ac01-b8	Banknotes of 50,000 Bolívares Design A, Type A "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" 1998 Design A, Type B "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking back 2005 Design A, Type C "REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA", Horse looking forward 2006

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.