| VEN 5000 Bolívares Pick Unlisted 2016 | VEN 10,000 Bolívares 2016 |
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At the time this note was announced, in December 2016, it was worth just under US$1.25.
The front of this note shows Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi – the wife of Juan Bautista Arismendi, a general in the rebel army. She was 13 years old and living with her family in Caracas when the 1812 earthquake flattened the city. She met her future husband on Christmas Eve in 1813. Her father was killed by royalist troops. Her brother then joined the rebels and was captured and executed only a few days after... | Owner's Description:
At the time this note was announced, in December 2016, it was worth just under US$2.50.
The front of this note shows a portrait of Simón Rodríguez. In 1791 – when he was about 22 – he was given a position as a teacher by the Caracas Council. Three years later he published his writing “Reflection on the flaws vitiating the Reading and Writing School for Children in Caracas and Means of Achieving its Reform and a New Establishment” to the council. He also, in 1797, played a role in the Gual and... |
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| VEN 20,000 Bolívares Pick Unlisted 2016 | VEN 100,000 Bolívares 2017 |
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At the time this note was announced, in December 2016, it was worth just under US$5.00.
The front of this note shows Simón Bolívar (Full name Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte-Andrade y Blanco). He is known as “El Libertado” (The Liberator) was the general and politician that led a rebellion in and won independence for what would eventually become Venezuela, Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama. At the time he helped make and lead a united state call... | Owner's Description:
The Bolivares Fuertes notes were mostly issued in two 6-note series that can basically be thought of as a "Series 1" and "Series 2". The "Series 2" notes use the same designs, but with different color schemes and face values. The government had intended that the "Series 1" notes - which were basically worthless by the time "Series 2" came out - would be pulled from circulation. So, these two groups of notes weren't meant to circulate together and so there was less perceived risk with people gett... |
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| VEN 2 Bolívares 2018 | VEN 5 Bolívares 2018 |
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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 Roya... | Owner's Description:
The front of this not features Jose Felix Ribas. He came from a wealthy family - the last of 11 sons - and at the age of 21 married the aunt of Simon Bolivar. He became revolutionary and pro-independence, joining the Conspiracy of 1808 and landing in prison for it when it failed. He lied in his defense and claimed he was just going to the square to spend time when he went to join others working on planning an uprising.
Despite having no military background, Ribas was named Colonel of the Barl... |
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| VEN 5 Bolívares 2018 | VEN 10 Bolívares 2018 |
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This note is a replacement note or a "star" note.
The Petro: The Venezuelan Crypto Currency Fraud!
A Venezuelan national digital currency - called the “Petro” - was announced in December 2017 and launched in March 2018. It was to be a digital commodity-backed currency. So, the Petro actually “launched” before the Bolivar Soberano did, in June 2018. The idea had originally been put forward much earlier by Hugo Chavez, before his death, some 5 years before the launch of the Petro. It was lau... | Owner's Description:
The front of this note has an image of Rafael Urdaneta. Prior to the independence war, he was a student of Latin and philosophy. He traveled to Sante Fe at the encouragement of his uncle in 1804. When a junta formed in Santa Fe in 1810 he joined and became a lieutenant in the first battalion of the “patriot army of New Granado. He was captured after the battle of Santa Fe in 1813 and spent several months in prison after that. He then became part of Bolivar’s “Admirable Campaign” and Bolivar late... |
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| VEN 20 Bolívares 2018 | VEN 50 Bolívares 2018 |
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The front of this note shows a portrait of Simón Rodríguez - which appears to be essentially the same art as used for the VEN98, 10 000 BsF note from 2016. Even the coloring of this note is very similar to the VEN98 - I guess just to add to the confusion. Check the description on VEN98 for some biographical information on him.
Where this note starts to depart more from the VEN98 is the back, where it instead features a Jaguar (Panthera onca) with the Waraira Repano National Park in the backgr... | Owner's Description:
The front of this note features a portrait of Antonio Jose de Sucre - known as "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" ("Grand Marshal of Ayacucho"), the 4th President of Peru and the 2nd President of Bolivia - which he played a role in helping to create as an independent state. Sucre was one of Simón Bolívar's closest friends, and generals - but how many people can say they were the president of two countries?
Sucre was killed on June 4, 1830 by a group of 5 assassins. He actually died falling from his ... |
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