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100 Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in reddish-brown intaglio on a cream-coloured ground with fine guilloche underprint. A three-quarter portrait vignette of a distinguished gentleman with a moustache, rendered in detailed intaglio, occupies the right field. The central area carries the large bold denomination legend "CIEN BOLIVIANOS" framed by an ornate rosette guilloche medallion, with the issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA" across the top. Two facsimile signatures appear below the central vignette, flanked by serial numbers in the upper-centre and lower-right, with small numerals "100" and a red cross emblem in the lower-left field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered in reddish-brown on a cream ground with guilloche underprint throughout. The central vignette presents a detailed architectural view of the Universidad San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, its colonial bell tower and arcaded courtyard facade rendered with fine line engraving. The inscription "UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO XAVIER DE CHUQUISACA" appears to the left of the building. The issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA" runs across the top, and the denomination "CIEN BOLIVIANOS" is set in bold lettering along the lower margin, with numeral "100" repeated in the lower-left and lower-right corners. |
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Bolivia's hyperinflationary collapse of the mid-1980s was among the worst in Latin American history — peak inflation exceeded 20,000 percent annually by 1985. This note was part of the transitional coinage that followed the emergency monetary reform of that year, when the peso boliviano was replaced at a rate of one million to one, making 100 bolivianos the equivalent of 100,000,000 old pesos.
The Canadian Bank Note Company contract reflected Bolivia's long reliance on foreign security printers; domestic production capacity was never developed to the necessary standard. The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature — modest even by 1986 standards.