1 sol "⅛ Melgarejo" - Mariano Melgarejo no lettering - Monetary medal

Features

Location	Bolivia
Period	Republic (1825-2009)
Type	Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year	1865
Value	⅛ Melgarejo = 1 Sol (0.125)
Currency	Melgarejo (1865)
Composition	Silver (.666)
Weight	2.5 g
Diameter	19 mm
Thickness	1 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 387074
References	Tapia# 278 Raul Ernesto Tapia Bascope; 2016. Medallas monetarias y conmemorativas de Bolivia 1825-1925. Z & T ESTUDIO SRL, La Paz, Bolivia.

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Obverse

Bust of General Melgarejo with military uniform, on laurel and olive branches intertwined.

Script: Latin

Reverse

Weapons of the National Shield (Cerro Rico de Potosí, alpaca, sheaf of wheat and a rising sun), on a cornucopia and the year

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1865

Edge

Milled

Mint

Potosi, Bolivia (1573-1953)

Comments

As one more, of so many tributes, that the people toasted in honor of President Mariano Melgarejo, was minted in the Royal Mint of Potosí, a unique 1 Sol cut coin medal.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1865

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Actual silver weight: 0.054 oz

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