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10 000 Pesos Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Currency | Peso boliviano (1963-1986) |
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| Reverse lettering | ESTE CHEQUE TIENE CIRCULACION LEGAL A NIVEL NACIONAL Y SIRVE PARA PAGO DE TRANSACCIONES PUBLICAS Y PRIVADAS $b. 10000 TIENE VALIDEZ DE 90 DIAS CALENDARIO COMPUTABLE DESDE LA FECHA DE EMISION (Translation: This check is legal tender at national level and is valid for payment of public and private transactions. $b. 10000 Has validity of 90 consecutive calendar days counted from date of issue) |
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| Variants | P#183a - issued note; with 90 days clause at lower right on back |
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Bolivia's inflation crisis of the mid-1980s was among the worst in recorded history — annual inflation peaked at roughly 24,000 percent in 1985. This note, issued in 1984, arrived just ahead of that collapse, when the government was still issuing ever-larger denominations rather than confronting the monetary crisis directly. Within two years, the Peso Boliviano itself was abolished and replaced by the Boliviano at a conversion rate of one million to one.
Jeffries Banknote Company of Los Angeles handled the printing — an unusual choice, given that Bolivia had previously relied on European security printers. Jeffries was a smaller operation than the traditional heavyweights, and their Bolivian commissions from this period represent some of the more significant contracts in the company's output.