Catalog
10 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Central de Venezuela |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Size | 156 × 69 mm |
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| Obverse description | Violet intaglio-printed note with an ornate frame-like guilloche border. At left, an oval vignette bears a portrait of Simón Bolívar; at right, a corresponding oval vignette carries a portrait of Marshal Antonio José de Sucre, derived from the Lemoine lithograph. The central underprint shows the numeral 10 above the legend DIEZ BOLIVARES and the payment clause PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO, with the issuer title BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA along the top and the word DIEZ repeated in each corner. |
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| Reverse description | Violet intaglio-printed note with a matching guilloche frame border. The central vignette illustrates the Monument to Carabobo by sculptor Antonio Rodríguez del Villar, commemorating Bolívar's decisive victory of 24 June 1821. The numeral 10 appears at left, the national Coat of Arms at right, the word DIEZ in each corner, DIEZ BOLIVARES along the lower margin, and BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA across the top. |
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Venezuela's 1961 series was printed against a backdrop of considerable political transition — the country had only returned to civilian rule in 1959 after a decade of Marcos Pérez Jiménez's dictatorship, and the Banco Central was actively rebuilding institutional credibility. Thomas De La Rue had been producing Venezuelan notes since the 1940s, and the relationship was well-established by the time this denomination was issued.
Pick 42 continued in circulation well into the mid-1960s before later issues superseded it. Watermark security alone was typical of the series — no security thread at this date.