500 Bolívares Blue type

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.