Banknotes from Banco de Venezuela : 20 Bolívares - Design C, Type B : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Photographic reference

Obverse

Photo from piece bbdv20bs-cbs: Banknote from Banco de Venezuela. 20 Bolívares. Design C, Type B. Specimen banknote without date
Photograph credits: Monalisa Money Mondo

Reverse

Photo from piece bbdv20bs-cbs: Banknote from Banco de Venezuela. 20 Bolívares. Design C, Type B. Specimen banknote without date
Photograph credits: Monalisa Money Mondo

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdv20bs-cb
Size: 174 x 75 mm (6.85 x 2.95 in.)
Obverse: In the center, a cowboy riding a horse alongside the cattle. Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA" - "SOCIEDAD ANONIMA", and a rosette with the denomination value "20" each side, and below the denomination in words "VEINTE BOLIVARES" «twenty Bolívares». On the upper right, the date "CARACAS, ______". Below the payment clause, the signatures. Below the denomination in words, the payment clause "QUE SE PAGARAN AL PORTADOR EN CARACAS A LA PRESENTACION". On the upper left, the the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL Bs. 12.000.000".
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: July 1910: 300,000 pieces (serie 6, interval 000001 - 300000)
Design variations: From Design C, Type A, changes the payment clause and the capitalization amount to Bs. 12 millions.
Signatures: "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela», "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela» and "El Secretario" «The secretary»

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Other pieces (5)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
N/L	bbdv20bs-cbp	No date	-	-	Detail
N/L	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv20bs-cbp2	No date	-	-	Detail
N/L	Reverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv20bs-cbp3	No date	-	-	Detail
N/L	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard. Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in purple (perfored)
N/L	bbdv20bs-cbp4	No date	5	-	Detail
N/L	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
S286s	bbdv20bs-cbs	No date	5	-	Detail
S286s	Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).

Legend

	Piece with photo	Entry	Piece
	Piece with recent updated photo	Entry	Unconfirmed piece
N/L	Not Listed in Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM)	Entry	Piece added recently
XX.XXX.XXX ?	Estimated amount, not confirmed	Entry	Deprecated piece
		Entry	Piece with updated information
		Entry	Unverified piece
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.

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