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20 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco de Maracaibo |
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| Value | 20 Bolívares |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE MARACAIBO COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA CAPITAL 1,250,000 BOLÍVARES VEINTE 20 VALE VEINTE BOLÍVARES que se pagarán al portador a su presentación en las Oficinas del Banco GERENTE SEGUNDO DIRECTOR PRINCIPAL American Bank Note Company |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a plain, unprinted cream-coloured cotton paper surface with no design elements, vignettes, or text, consistent with early American Bank Note Company production for Venezuelan provincial banks. A faint impression of the obverse design is visible as a natural bleed-through. |
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The Banco de Maracaibo was a regional institution, not a national one — chartered in Maracaibo in 1882 to serve the commercial interests of Venezuela's oil-poor but commercially active Lake Maracaibo basin long before petroleum changed the region's fortunes entirely. Its notes circulated regionally and were not always accepted at par in Caracas, reflecting the persistent tension between Venezuela's capital and its western provinces.
ABNC's work for smaller Latin American regional banks often reused plate elements across multiple clients, so it is worth examining the fine print carefully for shared vignette components.