Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela
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Piece bbdm400bs-abp2 (Reverse)
Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries
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Photograph credits: Heritage Auction Galleries
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Characteristics from Design A, Type B
  • Identification Code: bbdm400bs-ab
  • Size: 186 x 88 mm (7.32 x 3.46 in.)
  • Obverse: Design in black over a background in yellow. In the center, portrait of an unknown woman. with the denomination value "400" below within a guilloche. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE MARACAIBO" - "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA". On each side, the denomination value "400" within a guilloche. On the left, allegorical of a standing woman holding a book. On the bottom left, Coat of Arms. In upper corners the denomination value "400" within a guilloche. On the bottom, the signatures zone. Above, splitted in two parts, the denomination in words "CUATROCIENTOS BOLIVARES" and payment clause "Que se pagaran al portador a su presentacion en las oficinas del banco" «Payable to bearer in the office of the bank». On the upper right, the date filling space "____ de 19__".
  • Reverse: Design in yellow. In the center, the denomination value "400" within a guilloche
  • Production information: August 1916: 1050 pieces (serie 4, interval 0001 - 1050)
  • Design variations in the obverse: From Design A, Type A, changes the date filling space.
Characteristics
  • Identification Code: bbdm400bs-abp2
  • Date: No date
  • Serie: No serial number
  • Amount: Unknown.
  • Printer: American Bank Note Co.
  • Note: Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.
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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
  • Gerente «Manager»: No signature
  • Segundo Director Principal «2nd principal»: No signature
Identification in other catalogs
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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