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50 Bolivianos Banco Nacional de Bolivia
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on orange guilloche underprint with blue serial numbers. Central vignette of a seated allegorical woman with globe and books, flanked by a standing indigenous woman at left and a left-facing portrait of Antonio José de Sucre at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 SUCRE, ENERO 1ᐤ DE 1883. EL BANCO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA PAGARÁ Á LA VISTA AL PORTADOR CINCUENTA BOLIVIANOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE POR EL CONTADOR DELEGADO DEL GOBIERNO P.P. DIRECTOR GERENTE American Bank Note Co. New York. (Translation: Sucre, January 1st. 1883. National Bank of Bolivia will pay the bearer on sight fifty bolivianos, in current currency. For the accountant. Government delegate. Managing director.) |
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The Banco Nacional de Bolivia was established in 1871 as a private commercial institution and held note-issuing privileges during a period when Bolivia had no central bank. The 1883 date places this note squarely within the post-War of the Pacific years — Bolivia had lost its coastal territory to Chile in 1879 and signed the truce in 1884, leaving the country landlocked and its economy under considerable strain.
American Bank Note Company produced the entire series from its New York facilities, as was common for Latin American issuers who lacked domestic intaglio capacity. ABNC's work for Bolivian institutions in this period is well documented in their archived contract records.