1000 Bolivianos

Bolivia's monetary system was under severe strain by the mid-1940s — wartime commodity inflation, driven partly by tin export revenues flooding the domestic economy, pushed demand for high-denomination notes well beyond what had been anticipated prewar. The 1000 Bolivianos denomination was a direct response to that pressure, not a routine addition to the series.

Thomas De La Rue printed this in London despite the disruptions of the war years, maintaining their South American central bank contracts throughout the period. The watermark is the sole mechanical security feature — no security thread, no fluorescent elements, which was entirely standard for De La Rue's Latin American work at this price point in the 1940s.