| VEN 100 Bolívares 2018 | VEN 200 Bolívares 2018 |
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The front of this image features a portrait of Ezequiel Zamora. Consistent with many of the other men on notes in this series he was a soldier but not a hero of the war for independence like many of the others on this series of notes. He was born in 1817 and grew up in the midst of the wars for independence from Spain in South America. Rather, he’s a hero of the “Federal War” from 1859-1863. The Federal War, or Great War in Venezuela, was a Venezuelan Civil War. - which was going on right around... | Owner's Description:
The front of this note features an image of an older Francisco de Miranda. A portrait of a younger Miranda was used on the VEN88 and VEN94 of the 1st and 2nd Bolivares Fuertes series (2 BsF and 500 BsF). Check the description on VEN94 for some biographical information on him.
The back of this note features a “Military macaw” (Ara militaris) with the Waraira Repano National Park in the background.
The military macaw is a large parrot / medium-sized macaw that gets its name from the green co... |
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| VEN 500 Bolívares 2018 | VEN 10,000 Bolívares 2019 |
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The front of this note features a portrait of Simon Bolivar - not the same one that was used on the P-93, P-99, and P-100 notes. Whenever a new, larger, 6 to 8 note series comes out Bolivar is consistently on the final and highest denomination of the series. Whenever there is a shorter 1-3 note series release, he is usually on all of them. So, he is featured on VEN93, VEN99, VEN100, VEN108 (this note), and VEN110-VEN114 (two 3-note series released in 2019 and 2021). There is more information on ... | Owner's Description:
A new series of BsS notes was released in Jun 2019, but the 2019 series contained only three new notes. In a move similar to what was seen in Zimbabwe at the end of 2008, the severity of the hyperinflation caused the central bank to “Skip ahead,” and bypass several denominations that would have seemed logical / that you normally would have expected to see in this series. So, there is no Bs.S 1000, or 2000, or 5000. They skipped right to 10000 BsS with the P-109, 20000 BsS with the P-110, and 500... |
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| VEN 20,000 Bolívares 2019 | VEN 20,000 Bolívares 2019 |
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I feel like this group of three notes (VEN109, VEN110, and VEN111) has to be the result of someone on the government throwing up their hands in exasperation or desperation, wringing their hands in their hair and saying, "I give up! I cannot deal with this anymore! I do not care. The people do not care! Just put different numbers on them and change the ink cartridge and print up as many as we can afford the ink and paper for!" Either that or some apathetic bureaucrat in a socialist government jus... | Owner's Description:
I feel like this group of three notes (VEN109, VEN110, and VEN111) has to be the result of someone on the government throwing up their hands in exasperation or desperation, wringing their hands in their hair and saying, "I give up! I cannot deal with this anymore! I do not care. The people do not care! Just put different numbers on them and change the ink cartridge and print up as many as we can afford the ink and paper for!" Either that or some apathetic bureaucrat in a socialist government jus... |
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| VEN 50,000 Bolívares 2019 | VEN 50,000 Bolívares 2019 |
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There is a certain dripping irony in these notes, in my opinion. The currency was named the “Bolivar” to honor Simon Bolivar. I think the people who designed these notes put Simon at the end of the run of designs – on the highest denomination in each of the 6-note series of the Bolivar Fuertes notes – out of respect and to show Simon Bolivar in honor. They put him on the 100 Bolivares Fuertes note – it is like putting Benjamin Franklin on the $100 in the US… And now his name and face are all ove... | Owner's Description:
Reuters reported the announcement of the $1 Billion, $5 Billion, and $10 Billion dollar banknotes on 19 Dec 2008 - a literal week after the last batch of notes was announced.
The Zimbabwe regular banknotes feature an image of the Chiremba balancing rock formation - three balancing rocks that are in Matobo National Park. The image of the stones was chosen as a metaphor for balancing development and environmental protection following the country’s transition from white-ruled Rhodesia to the maj... |
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| VEN 200,000 Bolívares | VEN 500,000 Bolívares |
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The release of the three new 2021 banknotes was announced on Friday, 5 March 2021. At the time of the announcement, even according to official exchange rates, which are almost always better than black market rates, this note was only worth about US$0.11-0.12.
For the front the 2021 notes are essentially identical to the 2019 notes with the same portrait of Simon Bolivar but with different colors used to make it easier to tell the notes apart. The VEN112 and VEN113 also use the ““Mausoleum o... | Owner's Description:
The release of the three new 2021 banknotes was announced on Friday, 5 March 2021. At the time of the announcement, even according to official exchange rates, which are almost always better than black market rates, this note was only worth about US$0.26. While announced & released in 2021, the date was printed in 2020 and dated for September 3, 2020.
For the front the 2021 notes are essentially identical to the 2019 notes with the same portrait of Simon Bolivar but with different colors used ... |
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