Catalog
5 Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco de la Nación Boliviana |
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| Year | 1911 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a single dark ink with a large central vignette of the Bolivian national coat of arms, surrounded by an elaborate guilloche framework of interlocking scrollwork and lathe-work patterns. Large numeral 5 counters appear at both the left and right sides within ornate rosette underprints. The bank name BANCO DE LA NACION BOLIVIANA is arched in two lines around the central arms, and the imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK appears at the bottom margin. |
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| Signature(s) | Series A-C - Granier, Sainz Pena, García Series D - Granier, Detlefsen, García Series E - Granier, Detlefsen, Perou |
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Banco de la Nación Boliviana was itself a short-lived institution — established in 1911 as a state-controlled successor to earlier private banking concessions, it was absorbed into the newly created Banco Central de Bolivia in 1928. Notes from its earliest year of operation, including this P#106, represent the full span of the bank's existence compressed into under two decades.
The American Bank Note Company held a long-running relationship with Bolivian issuers, and this series was engraved and printed at their Manhattan facility. ABNC's intaglio work for South American clients during this period was technically consistent, if commercially formulaic by their own standards.