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50 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Central de Venezuela |
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| Year | 2007-2015 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | República Bolivariana de Venezuela 50 CINCUENTA BOLÍVARES PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO PRESIDENTE BCV PRIMER VICEPRESIDENTE BCV |
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| Protection description | Portrait of Simón Rodríguez and electrotype numeral '50'; segmented security thread embedded in the paper |
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Venezuela's 50 Bolívares note belongs to the Bolívar Fuerte series, introduced in 2008 as part of a redenomination that lopped three zeros off the old bolívar — a direct response to inflation that had already rendered small denominations functionally useless. The Bolívar Fuerte itself then suffered the same fate, becoming worthless within a decade as hyperinflation accelerated past any rational monetary management.
The print run spanned multiple years, meaning date varieties exist across the series. Later-dated examples from the 2014–2015 window were often barely circulated before the denomination became economically insignificant.