100 Bolívares

The Banco de Maracaibo was a regional institution, not a national one — chartered in Venezuela's oil-free, commercially active west during a period when Caracas had not yet established effective monetary centralization. That regional independence meant private banks like this one issued their own notes with full legal-tender status locally, and the ABNCo contract was a deliberate signal of credibility to merchant partners in the Maracaibo basin trade network.

At 100 Bolívares, this is the highest denomination in the series and almost certainly saw limited hand-to-hand circulation. Large commercial transactions were its environment. Survivors are rare.