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50 Pesos Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1962 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Puerta del Sol (Sun Gate) at the Tiahuanacu archaeological site. The issuer name is inscribed across the top, with the face value in numerals at right and in full text below. A secondary denomination in Bolivianos appears as a conversion reference. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA 50 50 PUERTA DEL SOL - TIAHUANACU CINCUENTA PESOS BOLIVIANOS CINCUENTA MIL BOLIVIANOS (Translation: Central Bank of Bolivia 50 50 Puerta del Sol (Sun Gate) - Tiahuanacu Fifty Pesos Bolivianos Fifty Thousand Bolivianos) |
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Bolivia's 1962 currency was denominated in Pesos Bolivianos, a unit introduced by the Monetary Stabilization Act of 1963 — wait, actually the Pesos Bolivianos replaced the old Boliviano at a rate of 1,000 to 1 under the 1963 reform, but this note predates that change and was issued under transitional authorization as Bolivia restructured its monetary system following the catastrophic hyperinflation of the mid-1950s, one of the worst in South American postwar history.
Thomas De La Rue printed the series from London throughout this period, a relationship the Banco Central maintained continuously for decades.