Overview

A set of eleven uncirculated banknotes of the Central Bank of Venezuela (Banco Central de Venezuela), covering 200,000, 100,000, 50,000, 20,000, 2,000, 1,000, 500, 50, 20, 5 and 2 Bolivares. The vertical-text design carries a national hero on every front – Simón Bolívar, Francisco de Miranda, Antonio José de Sucre, Guaicaipuro, Negro Primero, José María Vargas and Josefa Camejo – while the backs show Venezuela’s wildlife and landscapes. Together the eleven notes record a period of very rapid inflation in Venezuela.

Key Features & Details:

• Country: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)
• Issuer: Banco Central de Venezuela
• Currency: Venezuelan Bolivar
• Set: 11 banknotes – 200,000, 100,000, 50,000, 20,000, 2,000, 1,000, 500, 50, 20, 5 and 2 Bolivares
• Condition: UNC (Uncirculated) – all eleven notes
• Delivered: The exact notes shown in the photographs

The Notes (highest denomination first):

1. 200,000 Bolivares – 2020

• Front: Portrait of Simón Bolívar in grey, shown in the vertical-text design of the series
• Back: A stylised monument
• Serial Number: A49647042

2. 100,000 Bolivares – 2017

• Front: Portrait of Simón Bolívar in olive-green tones
• Back: Two songbirds on a flowering branch
• Serial Number: B74364013

3. 50,000 Bolivares – 2019

• Front: Portrait of Simón Bolívar in orange-brown tones
• Back: A stylised monument
• Serial Number: A99752609

4. 20,000 Bolivares – 2017

• Front: Portrait of Simón Bolívar in red-pink tones
• Back: Two songbirds on a leafy branch
• Serial Number: B33313612

5. 2,000 Bolivares – 2016

• Front: Portrait of the indigenous chief Guaicaipuro with headband and arrows
• Back: A harpy eagle in front of the Canaima waterfalls
• Serial Number: C05759988

6. 1,000 Bolivares – 2017

• Front: Portrait of Negro Primero (Pedro Camejo) in purple tones
• Back: Two giant armadillos in the plains (Los Llanos)
• Serial Number: Q44919312

7. 500 Bolivares – 2017

• Front: Portrait of Francisco de Miranda in blue-grey tones
• Back: Amazon river dolphins with a flower design
• Serial Number: T77529612

8. 50 Bolivares – 2018

• Front: Portrait of Antonio José de Sucre in pink-purple tones
• Back: A wild cat among palm trees
• Serial Number: D14595470

9. 20 Bolivares – 2018

• Front: Portrait of José María Vargas with round glasses, in blue tones
• Back: A jaguar on a mountain landscape
• Serial Number: B32515917

10. 5 Bolivares – 2011

• Front: Bust of Negro Primero (Pedro Camejo) in orange tones
• Back: Two giant armadillos among palm trees
• Serial Number: P84574384

11. 2 Bolivares – 2018

• Front: Portrait of Josefa Camejo in blue-green tones, with a church building
• Back: A parrot perched on a branch
• Serial Number: D62527303

Collector Value:

A colourful, wildlife-themed set that is popular with collectors of modern world banknotes and of inflation-era currency, with eleven different denominations in one lot.

Please Note:

Sold only as one complete set of eleven notes – the notes are not sold individually. The notes in the photographs, with the serial numbers listed above, are the exact notes you will receive.