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| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1883 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA VEINTE PAGARÁ A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR VEINTE BOLIVIANOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE Sucre, Enero 1° de 1883 POR EL PORTADOR DELEGADO DEL GOBIERNO American Bank Note Co. New York |
| Reverse description | The reverse is engraved in brown intaglio with an elaborate symmetrical guilloche pattern filling the field, incorporating large numeral '20' counters at left and right. A central vignette presents a seated classical allegorical figure holding a document, with a globe at her side and a small putto at her feet, all within an ornate frame. The inscriptions 'BANCO NACIONAL' and 'DE BOLIVIA' appear at the top and bottom of the central vignette respectively, with the printer's imprint 'American Bank Note Co. New York' at the lower margin. |
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| Variants | P#S208s - Specimen P#S208a - Issued note |
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