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10 Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1945-1952 |
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| Value | 10 Bolivianos |
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| Reverse description | The reverse repeats the note's primary design elements in a layout closely mirroring the obverse, with the Bolivian arms vignette at left, the central guilloche underprint bearing the large numeral 10, and the portrait oval of Marshal Sucre at right, all executed in intaglio in a steel-blue colour. The emission year 1952 is printed in the centre field, with series and serial number in red. |
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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.