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8 Pesos
| Uitgever | Estados Unidos de Venezuela |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1811 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Plain letterpress note on laid paper with two circular ink stamps at left and right: the left stamp bears the legend ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA 1811 around a central sunburst, while the right stamp reads CONFEDERACION AL SACRIFICIO O A LA MUERTE. The denomination OCHO PESOS is printed in the centre, accompanied by manuscript series designation T. XXXIV and folio number F. 73, with a handwritten number line above. Along the left margin runs the vertical inscription Ley del 27 de Agosto de 1811, and along the right margin Año primero de la Independencia; the header reads Hipotecados sobre las Rentas Nacionales de la CONFEDERACION. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Hipotecados sobre las Rentas Nacionales de la CONFEDERACION T. XXXIV Número Ocho Pesos Ley del 27 de Agosto de 1811 Año primero de la Independencia ESTADOS UNIDOS DE VENEZUELA 1811 CONFEDERACION AL SACRIFICIO O A LA MUERTE |
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| Opmerkingen |
Venezuela's 1811 emission was among the earliest paper currency issues in South American independence-era history, authorized by the newly declared First Republic just months before its collapse under royalist forces and the catastrophic earthquake of March 1812. The notes were issued by the Junta Suprema de Caracas through what was effectively a war finance operation — the republic needed to fund its armies and had little else to offer but paper promises.
Survival rate is extraordinarily low. The First Republic lasted barely a year, and the returning royalist administration had every reason to suppress these instruments. Most were destroyed, lost, or voided. Genuine examples of this denomination are among the rarest documents of early Venezuelan independence.