Catalog
10 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Maracaibo |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green, the reverse is dominated by a central oval vignette illustrating a llanero on horseback roping a bull in a dynamic pastoral scene, surrounded by intricate guilloche border work. Large numeral '10' counters appear at left and right within decorative frames. The inscriptions 'BANCO COMERCIAL DE MARACAIBO' and 'COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA' are placed at top and bottom respectively, with the denomination numeral '10' also repeated in the upper center above the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO COMERCIAL DE MARACAIBO 10 COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA |
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The Banco Comercial de Maracaibo operated in a Venezuela where regional commercial banks still issued their own currency — a situation the government would move to end within a decade. The 1923 Ley de Bancos tightened federal control over note-issuing privileges, and by the time the Banco Central de Venezuela was established in 1940, private bank issuance was finished entirely. This note belongs to the last generation of that era.
American Bank Note Company produced the series from their New York facilities. ABNC's work for Venezuelan regional banks in the early 1920s is well documented, and their intaglio printing on cotton stock held up considerably better in the humid Caribbean climate than locally produced alternatives would have.