{"product_id":"venezuela-p119-100-bolivares-digitales-2021-unc","title":"Venezuela P119 100 Bolivares Digitales (Bolivar Digital) 2021 UNC 100 million Sob","description":"\u003cp\u003eA deep purple commemorative note marking the \u003cstrong\u003e200th anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo\u003c\/strong\u003e — the decisive land engagement that secured Venezuela’s independence from Spain on June 24, 1821. The highest-denomination note in the Carabobo commemorative trio, the P-119 shares the same iconic reverse as the P-117 and P-118 but stands apart with its striking violet colorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e purple dominant on violet underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePortrait:\u003c\/strong\u003e Simón Bolívar at bottom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscriptions:\u003c\/strong\u003e República Bolivariana de Venezuela · 100 BOLÍVARES · 29 DE ABRIL DE 2021 · PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bcv.org.ve\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCalixto Ortega Sánchez\u003c\/a\u003e (Gov. BCV) · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banco_Central_de_Venezuela\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSohail Hernández\u003c\/a\u003e (First Vice President BCV)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e multicolor on cream underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLeft:\u003c\/strong\u003e Venezuelan coat of arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCenter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Monument to the Motherland on the Carabobo Fields\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRight:\u003c\/strong\u003e scene of the Battle of Carabobo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscriptions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Banco Central de Venezuela · 200 Años · Batalla de Carabobo · Cien Bolívares\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eP-119 — this note\u003c\/strong\u003e (single known variety)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e P-119 (W119 per BankNote Museum) · TBB B389 · NCV bbcv100bsd-aa · Numista N#330916\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Simón Bolívar portrait and electrotype “BCV”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156 × 69 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssued:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 1, 2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Central Bank of Venezuela (Banco Central de Venezuela)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casa_de_la_Moneda_de_Venezuela\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCasa de la Moneda de Venezuela\u003c\/a\u003e, Maracay, Venezuela (1989–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/strong\u003e No — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003estill legal tender\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bcv.org.ve\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCalixto Ortega Sánchez\u003c\/a\u003e (Gov. BCV) · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banco_Central_de_Venezuela\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSohail Hernández\u003c\/a\u003e (First Vice President BCV)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bolívar Digital (2021–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial language:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Venezuela\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e “Venezuela” means “Little Venice” in Spanish — named by Amerigo Vespucci in 1499 after seeing indigenous stilt houses over Lake Maracaibo, which reminded him of Venice, Italy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e Caracas — city population ~3 million; metro population ~5 million\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Named after the Caracas indigenous people who inhabited the valley; the name’s deeper etymology is disputed but may derive from a local plant or tribal name\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~28 million (UN 2024) — comparable to Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 916,445 km² (353,841 mi²) — slightly larger than Texas and California combined\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e):\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$17,000 (IMF 2024 est.) — severely depressed from a peak above $30,000 in the early 2010s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e crude oil and petroleum products (~95% of export revenue historically), gold, aluminum, steel, chemicals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colombia (west), Brazil (south), Guyana (east); Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean (north)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial\/spoken language:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish; numerous indigenous languages also recognized\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mestizo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMestizo\u003c\/a\u003e (~51%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_Venezuelans\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWhite Venezuelan\u003c\/a\u003e (~43%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afro-Venezuelan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAfro-Venezuelan\u003c\/a\u003e (~4%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_peoples_in_Venezuela\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIndigenous\u003c\/a\u003e (~2%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUnited Nations\u003c\/a\u003e (founding member, 1945); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organization_of_American_States\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOAS\u003c\/a\u003e (founding member, 1948); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OPEC\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOPEC\u003c\/a\u003e (founding member, 1960); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ALBA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eALBA\u003c\/a\u003e (2004); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercosur\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMercosur\u003c\/a\u003e (suspended since 2017);\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-colonial — home to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timoto-Cuica\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTimoto-Cuica\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arawak\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArawak\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carib\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCarib\u003c\/a\u003e peoples\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpanish colonization (1522–1811)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWars of Independence (1811–1823) — Battle of Carabobo (June 24, 1821) was the decisive land victory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGran Colombia (1819–1830) — Venezuela united with Colombia and Ecuador under Bolívar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepublic of Venezuela (1830–1999)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBolivarian Republic of Venezuela (1999–date) — \u003cem\u003ethis note issued during this period\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eVenezuela Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVenezuela sits atop the world’s largest proven oil reserves — yet by the 2020s, output had collapsed by over 80% from its peak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHyperinflation reached an estimated 1,000,000% in 2018 — the bolívar has been redenominated three times since 2008, lopping off 14 zeros in total\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn estimated 7–8 million Venezuelans — roughly 25% of the population — have emigrated since 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Maracaibo produces more lightning strikes than anywhere else on Earth — the “Catatumbo Lightning” fires up to 280 times per hour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVenezuela has won more Miss Universe and Miss World titles than any other country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe country has the world’s highest waterfall: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angel_Falls\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAngel Falls\u003c\/a\u003e (Salto Ángel), at 979 meters — nearly 20 times the height of Niagara Falls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Field That Made a Nation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn June 24, 1821, Simón Bolívar’s republican forces routed the Spanish royalist army on the plains of Carabobo in under two hours. \u003cstrong\u003eGeneral José Antonio Páez\u003c\/strong\u003e led a flanking cavalry charge that shattered the Spanish lines, and by midday the royalist army had ceased to exist as a fighting force. Venezuela’s independence — declared a decade earlier and nearly extinguished multiple times — was now militarily irreversible. The \u003cstrong\u003eMonument to the Motherland\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Carabobo Fields, depicted on this note’s reverse, was inaugurated in 1921 on the battle’s centennial and remains one of Venezuela’s most sacred national sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Crown of the Carabobo Trio\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe P-119 is the top denomination of the three-note Carabobo commemorative series issued October 1, 2021 — alongside the red-brown 20 bolívares (P-117) and the dark-green 50 bolívares (P-118). All three share the same reverse design featuring the Monument to the Motherland and the Battle of Carabobo scene, but each carries a distinct colorway on the obverse. Collecting all three gives you the complete commemorative set — a triptych of Venezuelan independence rendered in currency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Bolívar That Keeps Shrinking\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis note is denominated in \u003cstrong\u003ebolívares digitales\u003c\/strong\u003e — Venezuela’s third currency redenomination since 2008. The original \u003cstrong\u003ebolívar\u003c\/strong\u003e (1879–2008) gave way to the \u003cstrong\u003ebolívar fuerte\u003c\/strong\u003e (2008, −3 zeros), then the \u003cstrong\u003ebolívar soberano\u003c\/strong\u003e (2018, −5 zeros), and finally the \u003cstrong\u003ebolívar digital\u003c\/strong\u003e (2021, −6 zeros). In total, 14 zeros have been stripped from the currency since 2008. The 100 bolívares digital on this note equals \u003cstrong\u003e100,000,000,000,000,000 (100 quadrillion) of the original 1879 bolívares\u003c\/strong\u003e. Owning this note is owning a document of one of the most dramatic monetary collapses in modern history — printed by Venezuela’s own Casa de la Moneda, the same mint that has watched its currency lose virtually all meaning within a single generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOwn this note and hold the crown of Venezuela’s independence commemoratives — the battle, the monument, and the beautiful, battered currency of a nation that refuses to stop honoring its greatest moment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52133100159287,"sku":"VE119U","price":4.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/119o.jpg?v=1778684296","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/venezuela-p119-100-bolivares-digitales-2021-unc","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}