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10 Bolivianos Vargas, Túpa, Méndez
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire, France |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue, black, and multicolour, the obverse carries a central vignette of the Caverna de Umajalanta cave system in the Torotoro National Park, rendered against a guilloche underprint. At right, three portrait busts are arranged vertically: independence-era chronicler José Santos Vargas, indigenous resistance leader Apiaguaiki Túpa, and patriot guerrilla commander Eustaquio Méndez. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a landscape vignette of Isla del Pescado (Fish Island) in the Salar de Uyuni salt flat, accompanied by a hummingbird in flight and a Puya raimondii bromeliad cactus in the foreground, set within a multicolour guilloche border. |
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Pick 248 belongs to the commemorative series Bolivia issued in 2018 to mark the bicentennial of key independence figures and battles. The three-signature combination of Vargas, Túpa, and Méndez is specific to this print run and helps date examples precisely within a series that otherwise spans multiple years and signatory combinations.
Oberthur Fiduciaire's involvement continued a long-standing relationship between the BCB and French security printers. The watermark is the sole listed security feature — modest by current standards, though cotton substrate remains the backbone of the note's durability.