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500 Pesos Bolivianos Independence
| Issuer | Bolivia |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Conjoined busts of President Hugo Banzer Suárez and Liberator Simón Bolívar are depicted in right-facing profile, rendered in high relief. The denomination QUINIENTOS PESOS BOLIVIANOS and the face value $b500 appear in the legend and field. The inscriptions identify the two figures as PRESIDENTE BANZER and LIBERTADOR BOLIVAR, while the fineness LEY 0,933 and the national motto ORDEN • PAZ • TRABAJO (Order, Peace, Work) complete the reverse design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Struck to mark 150 years of Bolivian independence, this issue belongs to a wave of commemorative silver coinage that Latin American governments produced heavily in the 1970s — largely targeting foreign collectors rather than domestic circulation. Bolivia's economy at the time was under significant strain from falling tin prices, making a 22-gram silver commemorative a notably incongruous object within the country's own borders.