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100 Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1928 |
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| Value | 100 Bolivianos |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA 100 100 CIEN BOLIVIANOS DIEZ BOLÍVARES (Translation: Central Bank of Bolivia 100 100 One Hundred Bolivianos Ten Bolívares) |
| Signature(s) | series: A-C - Fernando Arce, Prudencio, Cuenca series: D-L - Ascarrunz, Prudencio, Cuenca series: M-S - Ascarrunz, Prudencio, Antezana Paz series: T-V - Baptista, Prudencio, Antezana Paz series: V-X - Baptista, Augusto Cuadros Sánchez, Antezana Paz series: Y-Z - Baptista, Prudencio, Ascarrunz series: A1-B1 - Sánchez, Prudencio, Ascarrunz series: C1-Z1, A2-E2 - Sánchez, Prudencio, Damaso Carrasco |
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The Banco Central de Bolivia was itself a recent creation when this note was issued — the bank had only been established in 1928, the same year this series appeared, replacing the earlier Banco de la Nación Boliviana. Waterlow & Sons in London printed the inaugural series for the new institution, a typical arrangement for South American central banks of the period that lacked domestic intaglio capacity.
Bolivia's monetary situation in 1928 was precarious. The collapse of tin prices was still a few years off, but the country was already heavily dependent on mining revenues, and the new central bank was partly designed to stabilize a currency that had suffered through years of fragmented private-bank issuance.
The 100 Bolivianos was the highest denomination in the inaugural P#133 series.