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10 Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1945-1952 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Signature(s) | with overprint "EMISIÓN 1951" series A - Sánchez, Frías, Damaso Carrasco with overprint "EMISIÓN 1952" series A & B - Sánchez, Frías, Damaso Carrasco with overprint "EMISIÓN 1952" series B - Córdova, Saravia, Cuadros Sánchez without overprint "EMISIÓN" series C - Córdova, Saravia, Hinojosa |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the paper; specific design not confirmed from catalog sources. |
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| Comments |
The base note was printed by De La Rue in London from 1945, but the overprinted emission dates — 1951, 1952 — reflect Bolivia's struggle to manage currency supply against chronic fiscal pressure in the years before the 1952 Revolution. Overprinting existing stock rather than commissioning new printings was a cost-control measure, and the sequence of signature combinations across overlapping series and emission dates gives collectors a useful tool for sequencing the release order more precisely than the overprint dates alone suggest.
The Series C notes, lacking any "EMISIÓN" overprint entirely, represent the tail end of this issue and carry Hinojosa's signature in place of Damaso Carrasco — a change that occurred as the revolutionary MNR government consolidated control of the central bank after April 1952.