200 Bolívares

The Banco de Maracaibo was a regionally chartered institution based in Venezuela's oil-adjacent northwest, and by 1915 it was one of very few provincial banks still authorized to issue its own notes — most competitors had been absorbed or suppressed following the monetary centralization drives of the late nineteenth century. A 200 bolívares denomination from a regional issuer is not a routine commercial instrument; it implies substantial mercantile or petroleum-adjacent transactions, not everyday retail use.

ABNC produced this series during a period when Venezuelan state banking infrastructure was still fragile enough to leave room for private provincial circulation. Examples showing genuine circulation wear are uncommon — high-denomination regional notes of this period were more often held as value stores than passed hand to hand.