A SET OF VENEZUELAN NOTES FROM THE HYPERINFLATION ERA

The notes below are a set of Venezuelan notes from 2018 during their hyperinflation where the rate was at an all time high in January 2019 running at 2.688 million percent !!

The above note is the 2 bolivares. the notes have dual aspects in as much as the front is in portrait mode where as the reverse is in landscape. This is true of all the set. the front has Josefa Camejo, a heroine of the war of independence . the reverse has the yellow shouldered parrot and the Venezuelan coat of arms 

This note is the 5 bolivares. This note has a front featuring Jose Felix Ribas, a hero of the war of independence and was married to Simon Bolivar's aunt. on the reverse is the Sapito Rayado, or the Veragua stub-foot toad, with the Henry Pittier national ark in the background

This note is the 10 bolivares with Rafael Urdaneta  on the front  and the giant anteater on the reverse with the  Clenaga de Juan Manuel national park in the background.

:This is the 20 bolivares note with Simon Rodreguez on the front and the iconic Jaguar and the Waraira repano national park behind. 

This is the 50 bolivares note. the front has Antonio Jose de Sucre, a Venezuelan from a family stretching back to Flanders who, after fighting in the war of independence, went on to be the 2nd president of  Bolivia and then the 4th president of Peru !!  On the reverse there is an ocelot and the Peninsula de Paria national park

This is the 100 bolivares note with General  Ezequiel Zamora, a soldier in the federalist war and the reverse  has the brown spider monkey and the Guatopo national park

This one is the 200 bolivares note with  Francisco De Miranda on the front and the military macaw on the reverse along with the waraire repano national park 

and finally, the 500 bolivares completes the set. it has Simon Bolivar on the front and the Venezuelan troupial, the national bird of venezuela on the reverse and the macarao national park in the background

all these gentlemen above all sport various hirsute features - haircuts , side burns or moustaches .- but at least there is one woman amongst them

more Venezuelan notes HERE , HERE and HERE