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20 Bolivianos - 2 Bolivares 1928
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1928 |
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| Printer | Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in brown on a light guilloche underprint, centres on the Bolivian national coat of arms within a guilloche-bordered panel. The denomination in full text and its equivalent value in Venezuelan bolívares appear in the surrounding inscriptions. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bolivia's 1928 monetary reform replaced the boliviano with the bolivar at a rate of 1,000 to 1, and this transitional note — denominated in both units simultaneously — was a direct instrument of that conversion. The dual-denomination format was a practical necessity during the changeover period, allowing the note to function under either system without confusion.
Waterlow & Sons handled much of Bolivia's printing throughout the 1920s, and the Pick 131 series is among the cleaner examples of that relationship — workmanlike production, no significant plate wear issues known to affect this type.