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100 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Central de Venezuela |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Value | 100 Bolivars (100 bolívares) (100 VEB) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA CIEN BOLÍVARES 100 |
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| Protection description | Simón Bolívar's portrait, visible when the note is held to light. |
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| Comments |
Venezuela's 1953 issue coincided with the consolidation of Marcos Pérez Jiménez's dictatorship following the November 1952 election — results that were suppressed and reversed by military decree. The Banco Central continued issuing notes through Thomas De La Rue under relatively stable monetary conditions; oil revenues were sustaining the bolívar at artificially strong exchange rates, and 100-bolívar notes of this period circulated primarily in commercial and governmental transactions rather than reaching ordinary retail use.
De La Rue's watermark security on this series is a simple geometric pattern, modest by the firm's own standards of the period.