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50 Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Size | 150 x 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in purple and blue tones on a light guilloche underprint. At right, an intaglio vignette of Melchor Pérez de Holguín, the colonial Bolivian painter, shown in three-quarter portrait wearing a wide-brimmed hat, with his name inscribed below. The Bolivian coat of arms appears in an oval cartouche at center-left, flanked by two intaglio numeral 50 panels; the bank title BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA is printed in bold letterpress across the upper portion, with the denomination CINCUENTA BOLIVIANOS centered below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, rendered in purple and teal tones over a fine guilloche underprint, presents a central intaglio vignette of the Torre de la Compañía (the Jesuit church tower) in Potosí, with the legend TORRE DE LA COMPAÑÍA inscribed below the architectural motif. The bank title BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA runs across the top in letterpress, and the denomination CINCUENTA BOLIVIANOS appears along the lower margin; numerals 50 are repeated in ornate panels at left and right. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA TORRE DE LA COMPAÑÍA CINCUENTA BOLIVIANOS 50 |
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