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10 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Central de Venezuela |
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| Year | 1945-1960 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Violet intaglio print with a frame-like guilloche border. At left, an oval vignette with a portrait of Simón Bolívar; at right, a corresponding oval vignette with a portrait of Marshal Antonio José de Sucre, after the lithograph by Lemoine. The central area bears the numeral "10" above the legend "DIEZ BOLIVARES" and the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO", with the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA" across the top and the word "DIEZ" repeated in each corner. |
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| Variants | P#31a - 19.07.1945, 06.12.1945, 09.05.1946, 24.10.1946, 29.11.1946, 08.05.1947, 17.03.1948, 14.10.1948, 17.03.1949, 20.10.1949, 02.03.1950, 05.10.1950 & 17.05.1951 P#31b - 31.07.1952 P#31c - 23.07.1953, 14.01.1954, 22.04.1954, 26.05.1955, 24.05.1956 & 17.04.1958 P#31d - 18.06.1959 & 11.03.1960 |
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The Banco Central de Venezuela was only established in 1940, and this series — printed by ABNC through a period spanning two decades — reflects the institution's early effort to consolidate note issuance that had previously been split among private commercial banks. Venezuela's oil revenues were already transforming the economy during these years, yet the central bank relied on foreign printing throughout, never developing domestic production capacity for its primary circulating notes.
P#31 ran across multiple date varieties within the 1945–1960 window. Collectors should verify specific date signatures carefully, as the combination of signing official and date determines relative scarcity within the type.