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50 Bolívares
| Issuer | Banco Central de Venezuela |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in violet, orange, and black, the obverse carries a central vignette of the Palacio de las Academias, with a portrait of Andrés Bello at right and a watermark zone at left. The issuer name BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA and the denomination in words CINCUENTA BOLÍVARES appear at the top, accompanied by the payment clause PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO. The numeral 50 is placed in the upper corners and the lower left corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA CINCUENTA BOLÍVARES PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO 50 |
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The P#72 series belongs to a period when Venezuela's oil revenues were collapsing and inflation was accelerating hard — the Caracazo riots of February 1989 had already shaken the Pérez government, and the bolivar was under sustained pressure. Denominations that had seemed generous at the start of the decade were becoming inadequate within a few years of issue.
ABNC printed this series using intaglio techniques they had refined over generations of Latin American contracts. By 1990 the company was in its final years as an independent entity — it was acquired and dissolved in 1999.