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5000 Pesos Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 5000 Pesos Bolivianos (5000 BOP) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a large intaglio sculptural group consisting of a recumbent spotted feline (ocelot or jaguar) with an Andean condor perched upon its back, wings spread, rendered in fine engraved line work against a pale guilloche underprint in orange and blue tones. The motto LA UNION HACE LA FUERZA appears on a tablet below the sculptural group. Denomination numerals in red are set within guilloche rosettes at lower left and lower right, with the bank name in white on a dark band at the top. |
| Reverse lettering | 5000 BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA 5000 Cinco Mil Pesos Bolivianos LA UNION HACE LA FUERZA |
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Bolivia's fiscal position in 1984 was deteriorating at a pace that would soon become notorious: annual inflation exceeded 2,000% that year and was accelerating toward the hyperinflationary collapse of 1985, when the rate briefly exceeded 20,000%. The 5,000 Pesos Bolivianos denomination, unthinkable even a decade earlier, was already becoming inadequate for routine transactions by the time these notes reached circulation.
The Bundesdruckerei contract reflects Bolivia's reliance on European security printers during this period, as domestic printing infrastructure could not meet either the technical demands or the sheer volume required. A new currency unit — the Boliviano, replacing the Peso Boliviano at 1,000,000 to one — was introduced in 1987, rendering the entire series obsolete almost immediately after issue.