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20.000 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Central de Venezuela |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse lettering | Banco Central de Venezuela Mausoleo del Libertador Simón Bolívar VEINTE MIL BOLÍVARES 20000 CASA DE LA MONEDA - VENEZUELA |
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| Protection description | Embedded security thread running horizontally across the note; Simón Bolívar visible when held to light; latent image numeral panel at left of reverse visible at an angle. |
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Venezuela's Casa de la Moneda had been printing the country's own currency since 2015, a political decision driven by the government's reluctance to continue paying foreign printers — chiefly De La Rue — amid foreign currency shortages. Domestic production cut costs in bolivars but introduced real constraints on security feature sophistication, and the 2019 series reflects those limits: the thread, watermark, and latent image package is notably modest against international standards for high-denomination notes.
The 20,000 Bolívar Soberano was obsolete almost immediately. Hyperinflation had already rendered it functionally worthless in daily commerce by the time distribution reached provincial branches.