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1 Boliviano Banco Nacional de Bolivia
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1877 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | UNO SUCRE ENERO 1º DE 1877 EL BANCO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA PAGARA A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR UN BOLIVIANO EN MONEDA CORRIENTE DELEGADO DEL GOBIERNO POR EL CONTADOR P.P. EL GERENTE American Bank Note Co. New York |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA UNO American Bank Note Co. New York |
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The Banco Nacional de Bolivia was founded in 1871 under a government concession and held the privilege of note issue during a period when Bolivia was still finding its monetary footing after decades of post-independence instability. The American Bank Note Company contract was typical of the period — South American banks repeatedly turned to New York and London engravers because domestic printing infrastructure simply did not exist at the required security standard.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference indicates this is catalogued as a private or provincial issue rather than a central government emission — a distinction that mattered enormously to creditors at the time, since the national government did not formally guarantee these notes.