I thought it would be fun to remember the money we used to use in Venezuela, so I included these scans of old Venezuelan money. I can remember as a kid in the mid 1950's, a fuerte was a whole lot of money to me.  I think a hamburger at the club was two Bolivars when I was a kid.  I sold bags of popcorn at the movies in Lagunillas for a real (50 centimos).  When I left Venezuela in 1964, you could still buy a bottle of Cerveza Polar at the club for 2 Bolivars.  In February of 2003 a Polar cost bs. 1000.  That's right, a THOUSAND Bolivars! In the early 50's the exchange rate was 3 Bolivars for one US Dollar. By the early 60's there was a disparity between the official (3 to 1) exchange rate and the black market rate (closer to 5 to 1) Click here to see the current US Dollar to Venezuelan Bolivar currency exchange rate.