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20 Pesos Moneda Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Solanas y Cía. |
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| Year | 1874 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark olive-brown ink on cream paper, with the bank title EL BANCO SOLANAS Y CIA. in a bold central cartouche at the top, flanked by numeral 20 panels with fine guilloche work at each corner. A central oval vignette depicts a reclining lion atop a rocky promontory, set within an ornate frame. To the left margin a pastoral vignette shows a standing male figure with cattle, while the right margin carries an allegorical female figure beside a coastal scene with a sailing vessel; the denomination VEINTE PESOS / MONEDA BOLIVIANA is inscribed in large letters across the centre, with manuscript date and serial fields below the bank title. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO SOLANAS Y CIA. GUALEGUAY AGOSTO DE 1874 Pagaremos al Portador y á la vista la cantidad de VEINTE PESOS MONEDA BOLIVIANA y su equivalente en moneda legal Serie No. |
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Banco Solanas y Cía. was one of several short-lived private commercial banks that briefly operated in Bolivia during the liberal banking experiment of the 1870s, before the government moved to tighten control over note issuance. These institutions operated under minimal oversight, and their notes circulated primarily in regional markets rather than nationally — confidence in any given bank's paper rarely extended far beyond its immediate commercial relationships.
PS#1918 is rare by any measure. Most private Bolivian bank issues of this period survived in tiny quantities, if at all, partly because the banks themselves folded quickly and redemption was uneven at best.