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20 Bolivianos 1929 Overprint Provisional Issue
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1929 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white cotton paper with a central vignette of a seated female allegorical figure — likely representing Commerce or the Nation — positioned atop an anchor with an industrial harbour scene in the background. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large guilloche-framed panels at each corner, with the issuing bank name 'BANCO DE LA NACION BOLIVIANA' across the top and 'VEINTE BOLIVIANOS' along the lower border. A bold black overprint reading 'BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA' is applied horizontally across the centre of the note, indicating the provisional reissue under the newly established central bank. |
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| Variants | P#115a(1) - series B signatures: Granier, Detlefsen, Palacios P#115a(2) - series C-D signatures: Granier, Cuenca, Palacios |
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Bolivia's 1929 monetary reform consolidated several regional and private banks under the newly established Banco Central, but the transition left a practical problem: existing stock of notes from predecessor institutions needed to remain in circulation while permanent designs were prepared. This issue resolved that gap through overprinting — old plates, new authority. The American Bank Note Company handled the work, as it had for most of Bolivia's currency printing throughout the early twentieth century.
The multiple signature combinations across series B through D reflect staff changes within the Banco Central's early administrative structure, not separate emission events. Granier and Palacios appear across all three series; Cuenca replaced Detlefsen from series C onward.