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10 Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Value | 10 Bolivianos |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA PAGARÁ A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR DIEZ BOLIVIANOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE Sucre, Enero 1° de 1883 POR EL CONTADOR DELEGADO DEL GOBIERNO American Bank Note Co. New York 10 DIEZ |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in green and bears a large central intaglio vignette of a seated allegorical female figure, draped in classical robes, holding a condor — a national symbol of Bolivia. Two ornate circular guilloche medallions with the numeral "10" are positioned to the left and right of the central vignette, surrounded by elaborate lathe-work border designs. The imprint "American Bank Note Co. New York" appears at the bottom margin. |
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The Banco Nacional de Bolivia was established in 1871 with a concession from the Bolivian government and for a period held a dominant — though never exclusive — position in the country's note-issuing market. By the early 1880s, several competing regional banks had their own ABNC-printed issues in circulation, creating a fragmented currency environment that would persist until the Banco de la Nación Boliviana consolidated issuance in the early twentieth century.
American Bank Note Company held the printing contract throughout this series. The 1883 date places this note just two years after Bolivia's defeat in the War of the Pacific, which stripped the country of its coastal territory and severely disrupted trade revenues — circumstances that put real pressure on private bank note circulation.