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5 Pesos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Daniel González y Ca. |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1963) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue, with a large central oval guilloche medallion bearing the issuer's name and location in multiple lines, surrounded by elaborate lathe-work scrollwork. Two smaller circular guilloche rosettes, each containing the numeral '5', are positioned symmetrically to the left and right of the central medallion. The word 'CINCO' appears in bold lettering at the top and bottom of the design, and a fine-print imprint of the American Bank Note Company is visible at the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | DANIEL GONZALEZ Y COMP.A DESCUENTOS Y DEPÓSITOS MENDOZA CINCO 5 |
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Daniel González y Compañía was a private commercial house in Bolivia, and its banknote operation was short-lived — private bank issues of this period in Bolivia rarely survived more than a decade before political instability, failed redemptions, or competing state currency arrangements forced closure. The American Bank Note Company contract placed this note firmly in the prestige tier of South American private emissions; ABNC was the dominant supplier to the continent's commercial banks throughout the 1860s, and the engraving quality reflects that.
The "Plata Boliviana" denomination specifies payment in Bolivian silver — a deliberate distinction from depreciated or foreign coinage circulating simultaneously in the region's trading ports.