20 Bolívares

Venezuela's late-1990s monetary situation was deteriorating rapidly — oil revenues had collapsed, inflation was running above 30%, and Hugo Chávez's election in December 1998 signaled a political rupture that would eventually overhaul the currency entirely. These pieces circulated through that transition. The Y#76.1 and Y#76.2 varieties differ in edge detail, a minor production change at the Casa de la Moneda de Venezuela that collectors sometimes overlook.

The bolívar itself would be redenominated in 2008, with 1,000 old bolívares becoming one bolívar fuerte — rendering this denomination effectively worthless in purchasing terms well before that official conversion.