An Impossible Set
Bolivia:Banco Mercantil

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Simon Patino, an extremely wealthy businessman, founded the Banco Mercantil in Oruro in 1905 to support the booming mining industry. Unfortunately, an almost immediate economic crisis in the country resulted in the collapse of many mining companies, with the bank being saved by a further cash inject...
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Set Details
Note Description: Bolivia, Banco Mercantil ""SPECIM
1 Boliviano
Grade: 64
Country: Bolivia
Note Number: BOLS171s
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Vignettes: 		- Printer: ABNC
Certification #: 8039318-010
Owner: ColonialCoinsUK
Set Category: World
Set Name: An Impossible Set
Slot Name: Bolivia:Banco Mercantil
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

The selected note to represent this bank is a specimen note from the last 1 bolivano issue Series NN), and is thus dated 01.07.1911. The front features the portrait of a girl on the left and the Bolivian coat of arms on the right. The back of the note is described as being a ‘farmhouse’ however as the bank was founded to support the mining industry, and given the numerous pack animals in the foreground and the distinctly non-agricultural terrain, a depiction of a mining compound may be more likely.

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