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100 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Venezolano de Crédito |
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| Year | 1925-1928 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S243 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in olive-brown tones and centered on a large intaglio vignette of a seated classical female figure, possibly representing Commerce or Industry, surrounded by fine engine-turned guilloche work. The numerals '100' appear in large relief on both the left and right flanking panels. The abbreviated bank name 'VENEZOLANO DE CRÉDITO' is inscribed across the top border within a decorative frame. |
| Reverse lettering | VENEZOLANO DE CRÉDITO 100 100 |
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The Banco Venezolano de Crédito was a private commercial bank, and this note is one of several regional issues that circulated alongside the output of the Banco Central — which didn't exist yet. Venezuela had no central bank until 1940, and through the 1920s the country's paper currency was a patchwork of competing private bank issues, each theoretically redeemable but practically dependent on the issuing institution's solvency.
The ABNC printing is unsurprising; the company handled most serious Latin American bank contracts in this period. The watermark is the sole security feature — thin protection, but typical of what private Venezuelan banks requested and could afford.