Catalog
10 000 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Central de Venezuela |
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| Year | 2000-2006 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed predominantly in brown tones, the obverse carries an intaglio portrait of Antonio José de Sucre at right, with the denomination rendered in both numerals and words at centre. A payment clause reading PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO is divided across the lower portion of the note, while the country name appears at upper left and the denomination value at lower right. The left margin is reserved as the watermark zone, incorporating a guilloché underprint throughout the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO DIEZ MIL BOLIVARES 10000 |
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Venezuela's 10,000 Bolívar denomination was introduced in 2000 as chronic inflation made smaller notes increasingly impractical — by that point, the bolívar had lost the overwhelming majority of its value since the currency's pre-oil-boom purchasing power. The note circulated through the final years before the 2008 redenomination, when the "bolívar fuerte" replaced it at a 1,000:1 ratio, effectively wiping four zeros from the economy overnight.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field in this catalog entry almost certainly reflects a data anomaly — possibly a default date or input error — not an actual print date for a note of this series.