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1.000 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco de Venezuela |
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| Year | 1890 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE VENEZUELA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA CAPITAL Bs. 5.000.000 Caracas 1000 Nº VALE POR MIL BOLIVARES QUE SE PAGARÁN AL PORTADOR EN CARACAS A LA PRESENTACIÓN Por El Banco de Venezuela El Secretario American Bank Note Co. New York |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE VENEZUELA 1.000 1.000 |
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Banco de Venezuela was chartered in 1890 — the same year this note was issued — making this among the earliest paper money the institution ever put into circulation. The American Bank Note Company's New York operation was the dominant supplier to Latin American banks during this period, and Venezuelan institutions relied heavily on ABNC work throughout the late nineteenth century precisely because domestic printing infrastructure capable of handling high-security notes simply did not exist.
At 1,000 Bolívares, this was unambiguously a commercial instrument rather than everyday currency — a denomination suited to large mercantile transactions in a country whose export economy ran almost entirely on coffee and cacao at the time.