Strength and Sovereignty
VEN101a, 2018, 2 VES

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Bolivares Soberanos (Sovereign Bolivar)

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Note Description: 2 Bolívares 2018 - Printer: CMV
Grade: 67 EPQ
Country: Venezuela
Note Number: VEN101a
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Vignettes: 		- Wmk: S. Bolívar & BCV
Certification #: 8077102-067
Owner: Revenant
Set Category: World
Set Name: Strength and Sovereignty
Slot Name: VEN101a, 2018, 2 VES
Research: Currently not available

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The front of the note shows a portrait of Josefa Camejo. She was born in 1791 to a wealthy family and attended school in Coro before going to study in Caracas. There she became involved in the independence movement.

In 1811, at 20 years of age, she moved to live in Barinas with her mother and her uncle, Monsignor Mariano de Talavera y Garcés, who was secretary of the Patriotic Society of Mérida and who had great influence on the education of his niece. There, before the offensive of the Royalists, and encouraged by her uncle, Camejo gathered a large group of women who wanted to participate in the armed struggle, and asked the governor of the Province, Pedro Briceño del Pumar, to have them for the fight, assuring him that: “The female sex, Mr. Governor, does not fear the horrors of war, but rather, the outbreak of the cannon will only encourage, its fire will ignite the desire for freedom, which it will sustain at all costs in gift of the homeland.”

In 1813, she married Juan Nepomuceno Briceño Méndez, who had to flee to Bogotá because of a Royalist advance. Her first son, Wenceslao, was born there. She was in charge of vacating Barinas, successfully driving the entire caravan to its destination, but her mother drowned on the voyage. She remained in Bogotá until the battle of Boyacá in 1819. That victory allowed her to return and reunite with her husband. In 1820, her uncle Mariano ordered her to stop the Paraguaná Insurrection. In 1821 she provoked the so‐called Revolution of Paraguaná which, although having been defeated at the first stage, finally led to the independence declaration of Coro. It was also an encouraging sign for the following Battle of Carabobo, which represented the last core battle on the way to Venezuelan independence in 1821.

She lived until July 1862 and died at the age of 71. I am having a hard time finding out anything about the 41 years of her life after 1821 - most of her life. Her remains are in National Pantheon of Venezuela, honored as one of the great heroines of the war for independence.

The back of the note features a yellow-crowned amazon or yellow-crowned parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) - a species of parrot native to tropical South America, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. Their range covers most of the Norther half of South America. They have a total length of 33–38 cm and mostly green plumage with yellow and red bits and blue feather tips. They are normally found in pairs or small flocks up to 30, but larger groups may gather at clay licks. Their food includes fruits, nuts, seeds and berries. Foods with sugar and a large amount of salt can be dangerous for them. They nest in hollows in trees, palms or termitariums, where they lay two to three eggs.

The Morrocoy National Park is also on the back of the note, in the background of the artwork. The park is a coastal park on the Western side of the Northern Coast of the country - you have to travel about 200 km from Caracas to get to it. The park extends contains an area of mangroves and numerous islets / cays. it is believed to be home to about 266 bird species and several other endangered species - including the turtles featured on other recent Venezuelan notes.

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