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IBNS Journal 63-4

includes articles on Alves Reis and the Portugese Banknote Case, Oxford Old Bank, Romanian Athenaeum on Banknotes, Banknotes in a Crisis?, When Governments Counterfeit: Part II, Wrong Country! Foreign Motifs on Banknotes

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Latest Banknote of 2024 Nominations

The latest nominations for the Banknote of 2024 are: China: 20-Yuan Note, Thailand: 100-Baht Note, Japan: 5,000-Yen Note, Mozambique: 50-Meticais Note, Argentina: 10,000-Peso Note, Eastern Caribbean States: 50-Dollar Note, Morocco: 200-Dirhams Note

 

Venezuela: 500-Bolivares Note

Nominated by Vitalii Cherniuk, IBNS Member 13299-R

 

Note B391 (PNL): 500 bolívaresOrange, brown, and green
Predominant Colour(s)  
Front (vertical) Spanish text; radiant suns; BCV on Venezuelan map as registration device; three portraits of Simón Bolívar
Back Spanish text; Venezuelan coat of arms; Puente Rafael Urdaneta (General Rafael Urdaneta cable-stayed bridge at Tablazo Strait outlet of Lake Maracaibo); Batalla Naval en el Lago de Maracaibo (Naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo); BCV on Venezuelan map as registration device
Watermark Simón Bolívar and electrotype BCV
Additional Security  
Printer CASA DE LA MONEDA-VENEZUELA
Size 156 x 69 mm Paper
Introduced 16/08/2024
Information provided courtesy of The Banknote Book