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 

ANOTHER VENEZUELAN REVOLUTIONARY

Sorry for the long delay in posting on the blog. I been training for one of my other hobbies - lapidary so the banknotes had to take a backseat for a while. 

So here we have a 50 Bolivares from Venezuela. this note is from 1998. The front has the "palacio de Las Acedamias" which is in the middle of Caracas. it was built in 1684 as a convent . it was also an army barracks, a hospital and college before  being given to the university of Caracas in 1876. it also features Andres Bello , a contemporary of Simon Bolivar, who spent 19 years in England as a diplomatic representative of the revolution. 

the reverse has the central bank building in Caracas.

you can see more notes from Venezuela Here, Here and Here

VENEZUELAN HERO FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA

Now I like this note, not simply because its from Venezuela - I  was a huge fan of Hugo Chavez - but because they have designed one side in portrait and the reverse in landscape which adds a little bit of  "something extra" to it. the front has a serious looking Francisco de Miranda, a forerunner of Simon Bolivar. Francisco has a connection to Britain too. his house in London has a blue plaque commemorating him. Unusual as Britain is not known for celebrating revolutionaries, South American or otherwise !! The reverse has Orinoco river dolphins and the Medanos de Coro National Park in the background. The note is a 2 Bolivares note, Bolivares are name after Simon Bolivar Above.

Find more venezuelan notes HERE

ORGANISING YOUR COLLECTION

There are loads of way to organise your collection of banknotes. most will depend on why you are collecting. I organise my one by country a-z but you could use subject or denomination for instance.

By subject could be :

ANIMALS

the above are from Antarctica, Congo democratic republic and Belarus

or BIRDS

from Singapore, Suriname and Zambia

or Women on banknotes ( not very many of them)

from Slovakia, Luxembourg, Italy and The Czech Republic

but of course there is one woman who are on loads of notes. Bahamas, Bermuda, British Honduras, Cayman Islands, Canada, Jersey, New Zealand, Australia, St Helena, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, jersey, Fiji, Falkland islands, Eastern Caribbean States, and of course Great Britain all have Queen Elizabeth II on their notes:

Other Possibles could be  Buildings, Revolutionaries , Presidents, Kings, Queens, Jobs or you could list them as you find them !!!

Finally you could list them by denomination;

Bolivars from Venezuela and Bolivia

Dollar from 30 countries from Australia to Zimbabwe

I think the rule here is that there are no rules 

VENEZUELA

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a country in South America with a capital of Caracas . Venezuela was first colonised by Spain in 1522 after fierce fighting with the indigenous peoples. Independence was declared in both 1811 and 1813 but both times the movements were crushed but in 1821 full independence was achieved under the command of Simon Bolivar under the name of Gran Colombia up until 1830 when a bloody rebellion gained independence as Venezuela. The colours of the Venezuelan flag are yellow, blue and red - yellow for the wealth of the land, blue for the wealth of the sea and red for the blood shed in gaining independence.  1998 saw a new Bolivarian revolution sweep Hugo Chavez to the presidency. he died in 2013.

Monetary units;

1 Bolivar = 100 Centimos 1879 - onward

The first of the notes above is the 10000 Bolivares note from 2004 with Antonio Sucre on the front and  the supreme court building on the back.. This note was a present from some american friends who were in Cuba at the same time as me in 2006, for Fidel Castro's 80 th birthday.

the second note above is a 100 Bolivares note from 1992 with a dashing Simon Bolivar on the front and the capitol building on the reverse.

This note is the 1 Bolivar note from the 1989 issue with a bust of Simon Bolivar on the front and the coat of arms on the reverse.

There are plans to introduce a regional currency for members of ALBA, to replace the US dollar as the currency of commerce. up until now it has been a "Virtual Currency" . there are plans for it to become a hard currency in the future. the currency is called the Sucre.