I just got one of those in the mail a couple days ago. Beautiful series of notes, you wouldn’t think by looking at them that the country is so dysfunctional.
Shame, the country with the largest petroleum deposits on the planet is now facing fuel shortages. Nice banknote btw!
That's a nice note. Do you collect venezuelan notes? I've been wanting to get some of the newer releases like yours.
Yeah its such a beautiful country and was one of the richest and stable Latin American countries for a long time, too bad for greed and corruption.
I've been to South America. But only Argentina and Uruguay. Here are 2 notes I got in Uruguay I spent the $500.00 Bill on lunch on that trip.. It was $26.00 American
I notice there's usually ebayers with bundles of these, but I question the authenticity if they come from Russia or other countries. Like to get some of these in bulk.
All right I’ll start with the series that was current when I was there in the early 90’s. I think I bought the 2000 and 5000 and 10000 B notes later on ebay.
These are some of the older notes that I came across while I was there. My favorite called the rainbow note I bought in a shop.
Nice Venezuelan bank notes everyone! My Dad was born in Texas and graduated from Texas Tech University with a Petroleum Engineering degree. He hired on straight out of school with Creole Petroleum (Humble Oil, now Exxon Mobil) as a Production Engineer working the oil fields under Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. There, he met and married my Mom. My sister was born in Maracaibo. I was born 2 years later in an oil camp town in eastern Venezuela. It was a great time to live in Venezuela and my parents have/had many fond memories. We moved to the US when I was 5 and I never had the opportunity to go back. Unfortunately, there’s not much reason to go back now. It breaks my (and my mother’s and father’s hearts - before he died) to see what has happened to Venezuela under the Chavez and Maduro regimes. I’ve had the good fortune to work with many displaced Venezuelan nationals (mostly Petroleum Engineers such as myself) here in Texas. Fired from their jobs at the nationally owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, SA, for striking against Chavez, many hired on with my Company (Phillips Petroleum) which merged with Conoco about the same time. To their regret (and mine) Venezuela is a shell of the country it once was. To keep this story relevant to this forum, my Mom gave me her Venezuelan coins from our time there, and subsequent trips she made to visit her relatives in Caracas.
Great story @TexAg. I never got over to the west side. The furthest west I got was Maracay I spent some time on the eastside and even on the island Margarita. I always wanted to take my wife back and go see the sights like angel falls, the orinoco river, caracas etc. I wouldn't dare step foot in the country now especially with a US passport.
Excellent reply Tater! I wish we had stayed a bit longer in Venezuela, I only have a few very faint memories of my childhood there. Once we landed back in Texas in 1971 (after 9 years in California), our family would join many other families (who had spent time with Creole Petroleum) in a Venezuelan reunion weekend every couple of years. Us Venezuelan-American children would hang out while our parents relived the glory days of the 50’s and 60’s. Much laughter and story telling (and alcohol consumption) at these get togethers, lol. We had lived in the oil camps with the other Americans, and the families were very close friends. My Mom still keeps up with those that are still alive.
