2 — Two Bolívars
The artwork
Front: Francisco de Miranda in three-quarter profile, named in small type up the right edge, his coat and stock rendered in fine engraved line against pale blue and orange guilloche. The left panel carries "República Bolivariana de Venezuela", the red numeral 2 and "DOS BOLÍVARES", with the promise to pay the bearer at the bank's offices and the date 29 de octubre de 2013 beneath the two signatures. Red serials, prefix T, top left and lower right.
Back: Two Amazon river dolphins — toninas — swim across a warm orange field of underwater vegetation, the adult with its long beak open, a calf below. The national arms sit at the left in red and blue; "Banco Central de Venezuela" runs across the top in dark serif capitals. A small caption names the species and the Médanos de Coro national park; at right, the numeral 2 shaded from blue to red above "DOS BOLÍVARES"..
In circulation
Part of the bolívar fuerte family introduced in 2008 after the 1,000:1 redenomination, this printing carries the 29 October 2013 date. Runaway inflation stripped the two-bolívar note of any real use, and the whole series was retired in August 2018 when the bolívar soberano arrived at 100,000:1.
Details
- CurrencyBolívar
- DenominationTwo Bolívars
- IssuerBanco Central de Venezuela
- SeriesBolívar fuerte, dated 29 de octubre de 2013
- SignaturePresidente BCV and Primer Vicepresidente BCV
- Dimensions156 × 69 mm