50 Bolívares 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo

The Battle of Carabobo, fought on 24 June 1821, effectively ended Spanish royalist control over Venezuela — so the 200th anniversary in 2021 carried genuine commemorative weight. That the note was printed domestically by the Casa de la Moneda in Maracay is notable given Venezuela's prolonged economic crisis; much of the country's banknote production in the preceding decade had been outsourced abroad, to De La Rue and others, as hyperinflation overwhelmed local capacity.

The 50 bolívares denomination sits within the second bolívar soberano series, introduced after the 2018 redenomination stripped six zeros from the currency.