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5.000 Pesos Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 5.000 Pesos Bolivianos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the heading BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA across the top, with the denomination 5000 rendered in large numerals at upper left and lower corners. A portrait vignette of Mariscal José Ballivián y Segurola occupies the right panel, framed by intricate guilloche latticework. The centre carries the legend CINCO MIL PESOS BOLIVIANOS, with a decree reference D.S. 20079 dated 10 de Febrero de 1984, the Bolivian national coat of arms, and two facsimile signatures of bank officials below; the note is printed with all-zero specimen serial numbers A00000000. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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By 1984, Bolivia was in the opening stages of one of the worst hyperinflationary episodes of the twentieth century. Inflation would peak above 20,000 percent annually by 1985, making this 5,000 Pesos Bolivianos note — substantial on the day it was printed — essentially worthless within months of issue. The denomination was not recklessness; it was a response to a collapse already in progress.
The American Bank Note Company had a long relationship with Bolivian currency production stretching back decades. The P#167A is among the higher denominations of the Pesos Bolivianos series before Bolivia abandoned the currency entirely, replacing it with the Boliviano in 1987 at a rate of one million to one.