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100 Bolivianos Banco Nacional de Bolivia
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on orange underprint; a riverside house with mountains in the background occupies the lower-left vignette, the Bolivian coat of arms flanked by two allegorical female figures appears at upper centre, and sailing ships form the lower-right vignette. Denomination and bank name inscribed in letterpress throughout. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in orange; the bank name appears within a central circular guilloche medallion, flanked symmetrically by the numeral value "100" at left and right within intricate lathe-work rosette panels, all enclosed by an elaborate engine-turned border of interlocking ornamental motifs. |
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The Banco Nacional de Bolivia was established in 1871 — Bolivia's first chartered bank — primarily to finance the silver mining economy centered on Potosí and Huanchaca. This 100 Bolivianos note dates to just two years after the bank opened its doors, when its banknotes were still an unfamiliar instrument in a country where hard silver coin had long dominated trade.
The American Bank Note Company held the contract for this series, engraving and printing the notes in New York before shipment to Bolivia. ABNC's involvement was typical for newly chartered Latin American banks of the period, which lacked domestic printing infrastructure capable of producing secure currency.
The bank would later collapse amid the financial disruptions following Bolivia's defeat in the War of the Pacific, with its note-issuing privileges revoked in 1890.