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| 表面の説明 | Blue on multicolour underprint. At right, an oval vignette with a portrait of Simón Bolívar; at centre, the large numeral '500' flanked by the denomination in words and the bearer payment clause below. The issuer name arches across the top, with the numeral '500' repeated in each corner. |
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| 表面の銘文 | BANCO 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 to Bearer at the Bank Offices Date December 16th, 1940) |
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The 1940 Venezuelan 500 Bolívares was among the first notes issued under the Banco Central de Venezuela, which had only been established that same year — the BCV replacing a fragmented system in which commercial banks had each issued their own currency. A 500 Bolívar denomination in 1940 represented extraordinary purchasing power, and these notes circulated almost exclusively in interbank and government transactions rather than in everyday commerce.
The "blue type" designation distinguishes this from a subsequent color variant within the P#35 series — a distinction that matters for attribution, as the two are easily conflated in incomplete records. ABNC production from this period used intaglio printing throughout.