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20 Bolivianos 1929 Overprint Provisional Issue
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Currency | First boliviano (1864-1963) |
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| Obverse lettering | LA PAZ 11 DE MAYO DE 1911 BANCO DE LA NACION BOLIVIANA PAGARA AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA SERIE B VEINTE BOLIVIANOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK CONTADOR DELEGADO DEL GOBIERNO DIRECTOR GERENTE |
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| Reverse lettering | VEINTE BANCO DE LA NACION BOLIVIANA VEINTE BOLIVIANOS AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK |
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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.