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20 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco de Maracaibo |
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| Reference(s) | P#211 |
| Obverse description | Horizontally oriented note with an intaglio-engraved central vignette of a seated allegorical female figure resting against rocks, flanked on the left by a tall ship at sea within a rectangular frame and on the right by the Venezuelan coat of arms in an oval medallion. The bank title "BANCO DE MARACAIBO" and subtitle "COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA" are set in bold letterpress across the upper centre, with the denomination numeral "20" repeated in each corner. A capital declaration and promise-to-pay clause in script lettering appear below the central vignette, and the printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company is present at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE MARACAIBO COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA CAPITAL 1,250,000 BOLÍVARES VEINTE 20 VALE VEINTE BOLÍVARES que se pagarán al portador a su presentación en las Oficinas del Banco GERENTE SEGUNDO DIRECTOR PRINCIPAL American Bank Note Company |
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The Banco de Maracaibo was a regional institution, not a national one — chartered in Maracaibo in 1882 to serve the commercial interests of Venezuela's oil-poor but commercially active Lake Maracaibo basin long before petroleum changed the region's fortunes entirely. Its notes circulated regionally and were not always accepted at par in Caracas, reflecting the persistent tension between Venezuela's capital and its western provinces.
ABNC's work for smaller Latin American regional banks often reused plate elements across multiple clients, so it is worth examining the fine print carefully for shared vignette components.