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Feria De Alacitas, ND, ca.1930-40s Uncut Pairs of Fair Ticket or Fair Scrip Notes

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - World Currency Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:55.00 - 100.00 USD
Feria De Alacitas, ND, ca.1930-40s Uncut Pairs of Fair Ticket or Fair Scrip Notes
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La Paz, Bolivia. 4 uncut vertical pairs of "Alacitas Fair Tickets or Scrip Notes" that have numeric denominations but not currency, Includes: 10,000,000; 40,000,000; 50,000,000; and, 80,000,000 denominations, each denomination is in a different color and has a portrait of Mercury in the middle, backs are the same color with the denomination listed, all are in Uncirculated to CU condition. The largest Alacitas fair is an annual month-long cultural event starting on 24 January in La Paz, Bolivia. It honours Ekeko, the Aymara god of abundance, and is noted for the giving of miniature items. Other fiestas and ferias throughout Bolivia incorporate Alacitas into religious observances: The Fiesta of the Virgin of Copacabana and the Fiesta of the Virgin of Urkupiña, for example. (4)