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20 Bolivianos

Issuer Banco Nacional de Bolivia
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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