Catalog
2 Pesos
| Issuer | Confederación Venezolana |
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| Year | 1811 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Hipotecado sobre las Rentas Nacionales de la Confederacion ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA · 1811 · AL FALSIFICADOR · PENA DE MUERTE · Dos Pesos Ley del 27 de Agosto de 1811. Año I. de la Independencia. |
| Reverse description | The reverse of this note appears to be plain, without printed design elements, consistent with early colonial-era Venezuelan emergency paper currency of 1811. |
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Venezuela's 1811 emission was among the earliest paper currency issued by any newly independent republic in South America. The Confederación Venezolana — the short-lived federal body formed after the Declaration of Independence on 5 July 1811 — authorized these notes to fund a government that would survive less than a year before the First Republic collapsed under royalist military pressure and a catastrophic earthquake in March 1812.
Printed domestically rather than by an established European security printer, the notes reflect both the urgency and the limited technical infrastructure of the moment. Quality control was inconsistent across the series, and surviving examples frequently show irregular ink distribution and hand-completed fields.
Pick lists only a handful of denominations for this issuer, and the 2 Pesos is among the rarer of them in any condition.