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1 Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco de la Nación Boliviana |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco de la Nacion Boliviana La Paz, 11 de Mayo de 1911 Pagará al portador á la vista Un Boliviano En moneda corriente (Translation: The Bolivian National Bank La Paz, May 11, 1911 Will pay the bearer on demand One Boliviano In legal tender) |
| Reverse description | The Bolivian national coat of arms engraved at centre, surrounded by intricate guilloche work. The denomination numeral "1" appears in ornate panels at both left and right sides of the design. The bank title is repeated along the upper border, with the date and place of issue flanking it. |
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Banco de la Nación Boliviana was established by law in 1911 as a state-controlled institution replacing the earlier system of competing private note-issuing banks — this 1 Boliviano was among its earliest issues. The extraordinary number of signature combinations across this single denomination reflects nearly two decades of continuous reissue under shifting administrations, with the progression from large black series letters through to red series suggesting ongoing demand well into the late 1920s.
The shift from large to small series lettering, and eventually to red overprinted letters, tracks not just time but administrative reorganizations within the bank itself. At least seven distinct cashier and management combinations signed off on this note's various printings — an unusually granular record of institutional turnover for a single low-denomination type.