Venezuelan bolívar
Categories: Currencies of the Americas | Currency stubs | Economy of Venezuela
The Venezuelan bolívar (ISO currency code: VEB; locally abbreviated as "Bs") is the currency of Venezuela.
Coins worth 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 bolívares are in circulation. The banknote denominations currently in circulation are 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000, and 50,000 bolívares.
As of March 2005, there were around 2,150 bolívares to the United States dollar or some 2,770 to the euro.
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Coins
The coins in current circulation are:
- 10 bolívares
- 20 bolívares
- 50 bolívares
- 100 bolívares
- 500 bolívares
All the coins have the same design. On the obverse it is depicted the left profile of the Libertador Simón Bolívar, together with the inscription "Bolívar Libertador", within a heptagon, simbolizing the seven stars of the flag. At the reverse it is depicted the coat of arms, circled by the official name of the country, the emission year and the denomination below. Since 2001 the reverse design was changed, putting the denomination of the coin at the right of the shield of the coat of arms, semicircled by the official name of the country and the year of its emision below.
Banknotes
The following is a list of Venezuelan banknotes in current circulation. The earlier designs of the 1.000, 2.000 and 5.000 banknotes are still in use, together with their new design.
Current VEB exchange rates
AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, INR, NZD, USD
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| Currencies of The Americas | |
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| North | Bermuda dollar | Canadian dollar | Danish krone (Greenland) | Euro (Saint-Pierre et Miquelon) | Mexican peso | US dollar |
| Central | Belize dollar | Costa Rican colón | Guatemalan quetzal | Honduran lempira | Nicaraguan córdoba | Panamanian balboa | US dollar (El Salvador) |
| Caribbean | Aruban florin | Bahamian dollar | Barbadian dollar | Cayman dollar | Cuban peso | Cuban convertible peso | Dominican peso | East Caribbean dollar | Euro (Guadeloupe, Martinique) | Haitian gourde | Jamaican dollar | Netherlands Antilles florin | Trinidad and Tobago dollar |
| South | Argentine peso | Bolivian boliviano | Brazilian real | Chilean peso | Colombian peso | Euro (French Guiana) | Falkland pound | Guyanese dollar | Paraguayan guaraní | Peruvian nuevo sol | Suriname dollar | US dollar (Ecuador) | Uruguayan peso | Venezuelan bolívar
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