Catalog
50 Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco de la Nación Boliviana |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Size | 180 × 95 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE LA LA PAZ, 11 de Mayo de 1911 NACION BOLIVIANA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA CIECUENTA BOLIVIANOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE (Translation: The Bank of La Paz, May 11th, 1911 Bolivian Nation Will pay the bearer at sight Fifty Bolivianos in current money) |
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| Signature(s) | Zelaya, Cornejo, Carpentier Zelaya, Sevrato, Carpentier Zelaya, Lorini, Carpentier Aguirre, Zalles, Morris |
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Banco de la Nación Boliviana was established in 1911 as a state-controlled institution intended to consolidate Bolivia's fragmented private banking sector, which had operated under a loose plural note-issuing system since the 1870s. The four known signature combinations on P#110 reflect successive changes in the bank's senior management during its early years — the Carpentier signatures appearing across three variants suggest a stable term in at least one senior post amid broader turnover.
ABNC production for Bolivian state banks of this period typically involved steel-engraved plates shipped to La Paz for local overprinting of serial numbers and signatures, though on this series those fields were completed by hand or typewriter at the bank.