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5 Pesos Moneda Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Solanas y Cía. |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO SOLANAS Y CIA. GUALEGUAY AGOSTO 1° DE 1874 CINCO PESOS MONEDA BOLIVIANA Serie B CINCO 5 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown and features an elaborate lathe-work guilloche design arranged symmetrically across the entire surface. Two large circular guilloche rosettes, each bearing a central denomination numeral '5', are placed side by side within a decorative rectangular frame of interlocking geometric and foliate lathe patterns. A central ribbon banner carries the bank name 'EL BANCO SOLANAS Y CIA.' in bold lettering between the two rosettes, and ornate corner ornaments with heart and trefoil motifs complete the geometric composition. |
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Banco Solanas y Cía. was one of the short-lived provincial banks that briefly flourished in Bolivia during the 1870s, before the government moved to consolidate and restrict private note-issuing institutions. The American Bank Note Company produced notes for dozens of Latin American clients during this period, and the plates for smaller regional banks were often assembled from stock vignette elements held in the ABNC inventory rather than commissioned as original designs.
The "Moneda Boliviana" denomination suffix distinguished these notes from contemporaneous issues denominated in reales or in the older colonial accounting units still in informal use. Solanas y Cía. left almost no documentary trace in the Bolivian banking record, which makes the survival of any example from this issue notable.