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10 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Caracas |
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| Year | 1926-1928 |
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| Value | 10 Bolívares |
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| Reverse description | Uniformly printed in deep red-brown intaglio on plain paper. The design is dominated by an elaborate interlocking guilloche framework with large numeral 10 / BOLIVARES counters at left and right. A central circular vignette contains the Venezuelan coat of arms with cornucopia, fasces, and horse, surrounded by an ornate lathe-work border. BANCO CARACAS arches above the arms vignette, with COMPAÑIA ANONIMA below it. The foot of the note carries X CAPITAL X – B.6.000.000. flanked by fine geometric lathe-work bands, and the printer's imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK appears at the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CARACAS DIEZ BOLIVARES COMPAÑIA ANONIMA X CAPITAL X B.6.000.000. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK |
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Banco Caracas was one of three private Venezuelan banks of issue still operating in the 1920s, a survivor of the era when commercial banks rather than a central bank controlled the money supply. Venezuela would not establish the Banco Central until 1940, so notes like this one circulated alongside issues from Banco de Venezuela and Banco de Maracaibo in a fragmented, competitive system that successive governments repeatedly tried and failed to consolidate.
The ABNC contract for Banco Caracas is well-documented. Serial numbers and signatures were typically applied after delivery from New York, with hand-signing by bank officers a requirement through much of the series run.