Catalog
20 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco de Venezuela |
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| Year | 1910 |
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| Currency | Bolívar (1879-1983) |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of the Venezuelan national coat of arms, enclosed within an elaborate guilloche border with floral and rosette underprint patterns filling the surrounding field. The denomination 20 appears in the left and right panels within the guilloche work. The bank name BANCO DE VENEZUELA arcs above the coat of arms, with VENEZUELA inscribed below in a rectangular panel. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE VENEZUELA 20 |
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Banco de Venezuela was established in 1890 with a concession from the government of Raimundo Andueza Palacio, granting it the exclusive right to issue banknotes in the republic — a privilege that generated constant political friction with rival regional banks throughout the following decade. By 1910, the bank was operating under the long shadow of the Cipriano Castro regime's chaotic monetary policies, which had severely damaged public confidence in Venezuelan paper currency generally.
The American Bank Note Company held the printing contract for this series, as it did for much of Venezuelan paper money in this period. ABNC's New York production brought consistent intaglio quality that domestic facilities could not match.