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5 Bolívares Caracas Quadricentenary
| Issuer | Banco Central de Venezuela |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio design over green-yellow underprint. The central vignette portrays the Foundation of Caracas by Diego de Losada, a historical scene with monks, indigenous figures, and soldiers; to the right, an oval portrait of Simón Bolívar is inset within a guilloche border. The issuing authority BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA appears at the top, two red serial numbers are positioned below, and the commemorative inscription CUATRICENTENARIO DE LA FUNDACION DE CARACAS / 1567–1967 appears at right; the denomination CINCO is rendered in guilloche ovals at upper left and lower right, with the value numeral 5 in guilloche circles at upper right and lower left, accompanied by the payment clause CINCO BOLÍVARES / PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO. |
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Venezuela issued this 5 Bolívares note in 1966 to mark the 400th anniversary of Caracas's founding — or more precisely, the founding of Santiago de León de Caracas in 1567 by Diego de Losada. The commemorative occasion made this a departure from the standard Bolívares series, and the American Bank Note Company engraving credit to Felipe Sánchez is worth noting: Sánchez was one of the few Venezuelan nationals credited on ABNC-produced work during this period, suggesting a deliberate nod to national authorship on a patriotic issue.
Pick 49 is scarcer in genuinely circulated grades than its print run would suggest — commemorative issues of this type were frequently set aside by the public on release.