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20 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Caracas |
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| Value | 20 Bolívares |
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| Obverse description | Green and black engraved note with the bank title 'BANCO CARACAS' and 'COMPANIA ANONIMA' in bold upper lettering, flanked by the denomination numeral '20' at upper corners. To the left, an oval portrait vignette of a young woman wearing a feathered headdress, rendered in fine intaglio line work. To the right, a reclining putto rests against the denomination panel. The central text panel bears the promise-to-pay legend in Spanish along with the place of issue 'Caracas' and spaces for date and serial number; the overprint 'SPECIMEN' appears in red across the lower center. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CARACAS COMPANIA ANONIMA CAPITAL B 6.000.000 20 THE HOMER LEE BANK NOTE CO. N.Y. |
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Banco Caracas was a private commercial bank operating in Venezuela before the Banco Central de Venezuela's eventual monopoly on issue. The Homer Lee Bank Note Co. was a mid-tier American security printer based in New York that competed for Latin American contracts during the late 19th and early 20th centuries — a period when Venezuelan private bank notes were numerous, regionally circulated, and often short-lived due to political instability and repeated banking law reforms.
Private bank issuance in Venezuela effectively ended with the 1940 Ley del Banco Central, making survivors from institutions like Banco Caracas genuinely uncommon in any grade.