500 Bolívares Blue type

€1.00
IssuerVenezuela
Year1940
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value500 Bolivars (500 bolívares) (500 VEB)
CurrencyBolivar (1879-2007)
CompositionPaper
Size156 × 69 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#35
Obverse descriptionBlue on multicolor underprint. On the right, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author; in the center, the denomination value `500`, with the denomination and the payment clause below. On the top, the issuer name; in each corner the denomination value `500`.
Reverse descriptionBlue print. On the left, inside a circle, the Coat of Arms. On the right, the denomination value `500`. On the top, the issuer name; on the bottom, the denomination in words and the denomination value `500` above.
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Obverse letteringBANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA CARACAS 500 QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO FECHA DIC. 16-1940 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
(Translation: Central Bank of Venezuela Caracas Five Hundred Bolivares Payable at Bearer in Bank Offices Date December 16th., 1940)
Reverse letteringBANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA 500 QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES
(Translation: Central Bank of Venezuela 500 Five Hundred Bolivares)
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Catalog ID9247499860
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