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100 Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA 100 CIEN BOLIVIANOS LA PAZ, Ley de 20 de Diciembre de 1945 LIBERTADOR SIMÓN BOLÍVAR DIEZ BOLÍVARES (Translation: The Central Bank of Bolivia Will pay to the bearer at sight 100 One Hundred Bolivianos La Paz, Law from December 20th., 1945 Liberator Simón Bolívar Ten Bolívares) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of oxen and a tractor ploughing a field, symbolising agricultural activity, set against a guilloche underprint. The issuer name 'BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA' is inscribed across the top, with the face value '100 BOLIVIANOS' appearing at right and 'CIEN BOLIVIANOS' below the central vignette. The word 'AGRICULTURA' identifies the allegorical theme of the design. |
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Bolivia's wartime economy ran hot on tin and tungsten, both in massive Allied demand after 1941, and the Banco Central issued this series into a domestic market flooded with export revenue but short on imported goods. Inflation was manageable by regional standards but persistent enough that higher denominations saw heavier institutional use than retail circulation.
Thomas De La Rue produced the plates in London throughout the war years despite the obvious logistical complications of transatlantic shipping. Notes from this series occasionally surface with handling wear concentrated at the folds rather than the edges — a pattern consistent with vault storage between infrequent reissues rather than continuous pocket circulation.