1000 — One Thousand Bolívars
The artwork
Front: Pedro Camejo — "Negro Primero", the lancer of the llanos who fell at Carabobo — in three-quarter profile, plum-purple against pale greens and blues, with his name set vertically in the dark panel at right beside the large 1000. The left half carries "República Bolivariana de Venezuela", MIL BOLÍVARES, the date 10 de Agosto de 2016, and the two signatures for Presidente and Primer Vicepresidente of the BCV.
Back: Two giant armadillos on the move through open llanos woodland, the adult with its banded carapace and long tail rendered in fine engraved scales, a smaller animal behind; the caption reads "Cuspón (Cachicamo Gigante) / Los Llanos". The national arms sit at the left over columns of repeated 1000s, with "Banco Central de Venezuela" across the top and 1000 MIL BOLÍVARES filling the right.
In circulation
Part of the enlarged high-denomination range added to the bolívar fuerte family at the end of 2016, when inflation had outrun the old 100 as the top note. It circulated briefly and was demonetised in August 2018, when the bolívar soberano replaced it at 100,000 to one.
Details
- CurrencyBolívar
- DenominationOne Thousand Bolívars
- IssuerBanco Central de Venezuela
- SeriesDated 10 de Agosto de 2016
- PrinterCasa de la Moneda de Venezuela
- SignaturePresidente BCV and Primer Vicepresidente BCV
- SecurityWindowed security thread repeating 1000; serial A44962951 printed twice on the face