50 Bolívares

Issuer	Banco de Venezuela
Year	1897
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Shape	Rectangular
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Obverse description	Printed in dark green and black, the obverse centres on a large guilloche oval enclosing the bold numeral '50', with a classical allegorical female figure seated at right, draped in robes and resting against a cornucopia and shield in fine intaglio engraving. The bank title 'BANCO DE VENEZUELA' runs across the upper margin in prominent letterpress, while 'CINCUENTA BOLÍVARES' is inscribed across the centre field, with corner denomination numerals '50' at all four angles. Capital and share information appears at upper left, with the payment clause and place of issue below the central text.
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Reverse description	Printed entirely in blue, the reverse presents a central circular vignette bearing the Venezuelan national coat of arms — a quartered shield with horse, sheaf of wheat, and fasces, surmounted by an arc of seven stars — enclosed within a fine guilloche border. The inscriptions 'BANCO DE' arch above and 'VENEZUELA' appears below the central vignette in bold serif lettering, with 'INDEPENDENCIA LIBERTAD' across the lower field. Elaborate symmetrical lathe-work and geometric guilloche panels fill the flanking fields, with large intaglio numerals '50' at left and right.
Reverse lettering	BANCO DE VENEZUELA INDEPENDENCIA LIBERTAD AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK.
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