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10 Bolivianos / 1 Bolivar
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1928 |
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| Printer | Waterlow & Sons Limited, London |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco Central de Bolivia Pagará al portador a la vista Diez Bolivianos en oro o giros-oro La Paz, Ley de 20 de Julio de 1928 Contador Superintendente de Bancos Gerente General Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Londres (Translation: The Central Bank of Bolivia / Will pay the bearer on demand / Ten Bolivianos in gold or money orders-gold / La Paz, Law of July 20, 1928 / Accountant / Superintendent of Banks / General Manager / Waterlow & Sons Ltd. London) |
| Reverse description | The Bolivian national coat of arms is centred on the reverse, surrounded by guilloche underprint work, with the denomination value stated on both sides of the emblem and repeated in each corner of the note. |
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Bolivia's 1928 currency reform collapsed the old boliviano system — one new Bolivar equalled one hundred old bolivianos — and this transitional note reflects the awkward dual nomenclature of that moment, when the new unit had legal standing but hadn't yet displaced the old name in everyday use. The Banco Central de Bolivia itself had only been founded in 1928, part of a broader financial reorganisation recommended by the Kemmerer Commission, the American advisory mission that restructured monetary institutions across much of South America during that decade.
Waterlow & Sons printed the series to a high standard, but the Bolivar as a currency unit was short-lived; Bolivia reverted to the boliviano name well before mid-century.