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5 Bolívares (= 1 Venezolano)
| Issuer | Estado Guayana |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Value | 5 Bolívares |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO GUAYANA N° Serie VALE POR CINCO BOLIVARES VALE 1 VENEZOLANO EL PRESIDENTE EL TESORERO 1879 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-grey tones and composed entirely of intricate guilloche lathe work, with two large circular rosette medallions each containing the numeral 5 at centre, flanking a central rectangular panel bearing the text CINCO BOLIVARES. Decorative corner ornaments and fine geometric engine-turned patterns fill the remaining space, giving the reverse a strongly mechanical, security-oriented appearance with no pictorial vignette. |
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Estado Guayana was one of several Venezuelan regional states that briefly exercised note-issuing authority in the late 1870s, before the central government moved to consolidate monetary control. The denomination itself signals the transitional moment: the bolívar had only been officially established as Venezuela's national currency unit in 1879, replacing the venezolano, and this note was printed straddling both systems — five bolívares equated directly to one venezolano at the fixed conversion rate.
Regional issues from this period are among the rarest Venezuelan paper of the nineteenth century. Guayana's economic base was too thin to sustain significant note circulation, and redemption was erratic at best.