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5000 Pesos Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Currency | Peso boliviano (1963-1986) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHEQUE DE GERENCIA DECRETO SUPREMO Nº 19078 DE 28 DE JULIO DE 1982 PAGUESE AL PORTADOR LA SUMA DE PESOS BOLIVIANOS CINCO MIL ________________$b. 5.000,-- BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA (text on stub at right, turned 90º) UN CHEQUE DE GERENCIA ES UNA OBLIGACION BANCARIA Y NO PUEDE SUSPENDERSE SU PAGO POR NINGUNA CIRCUNSTANCIA. EN CASO QUE SE INTENTARA UNA SUSPENSION DE PAGO, SE REQUERIRIA INDEMNIZACION POR EL MONTO NOMINAL DE ESTE CHEQUE O MAS. NO PIERDA NI DESTRUYA ESTE CHEQUE, MANEJELO COMO SI ESTUVIERA MANE- JANDO UN MONTO IGUAL DE DINERO EN EFECTIVO |
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| Variants | P#172a - stub with text at right P#172b - without stub |
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Bolivia's hyperinflationary spiral of the early 1980s was among the most severe in Latin American history, and this denomination is a direct artifact of that collapse. The 5,000 Pesos Bolivianos, unthinkable as everyday currency just years earlier, had become routine pocket change by 1982. Within two years, the government was issuing notes of 1,000,000 Pesos Bolivianos — overstamped on existing stock rather than newly printed, simply because the presses couldn't keep up.
ABNC's involvement persisted through the chaos, though later emergency issues were handled domestically. The series was rendered obsolete by the 1987 introduction of the Boliviano, converting at 1,000,000 to one.