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| Issuer | Banco de Venezuela |
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| Year | 1931-1939 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue and orange multicolour note with an oval vignette at left centre containing a portrait of Simón Bolívar in military uniform. The bank title BANCO DE VENEZUELA and SOCIEDAD ANONIMA appear across the upper field, flanked by guilloche borders and corner numerals reading 500. A central guilloche underprint surrounds the large denomination numeral, below which the payable clause VALE POR QUINIENTOS BOLIVARES is inscribed, with serial numbers printed in red at lower left and lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in dark blue, the reverse is dominated by a central circular vignette bearing the Venezuelan national coat of arms, surrounded by intricate guilloche lacework extending to all four corners. The denomination numeral 500 appears at both left and right within ornamental panels, and the curved inscriptions BANCO DE and VENEZUELA arc above and below the central vignette respectively. |
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| Protection description | Watermarked cotton paper |
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