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40 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1875 |
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| Value | 40 Centavos |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA 40 La Paz Nov. 1o de 1875. VALE CUARENTA CENTAVOS DE BOLIVIANO American Bank Note Co. New York |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTAVOS 40 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK |
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The Banco Nacional de Bolivia was chartered in 1871 under a concession granted to Chilean and Bolivian commercial interests — one of several private banks that briefly held note-issuing authority before Bolivia's troubled path toward a central bank. The 40 centavos denomination is an odd fractional value, almost certainly designed to facilitate small-denomination commerce in a country where coin shortages were chronic and silver circulation unreliable despite Bolivia's own mining wealth.
American Bank Note Company printed this during a particularly active period of Latin American commissions. The S-prefix Pick reference confirms private bank status rather than a government treasury issue.