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1/10 Boliviano Silver Piedfort
| Issuer | Bolivia |
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| Year | 1865 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse lettering | LA UNION ES LA FUERZA 1/10 BOLIVIANO 50. Gs. 9. Ds. FINO · PTS (monogram) · 1865 · F · P · (Translation: The unity is the strength 1/10 Boliviano 50 grains Fineness 0.900 PTS (Potosi monogram) 1865 F. P.) |
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| Mint | Casa de Moneda de Potosí |
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Piedforts — coins struck at double or greater thickness on standard-diameter planchets — were produced in Bolivia during the 1860s almost certainly as presentation or pattern pieces, not for circulation. The 1865 date places this squarely in a turbulent period of Bolivian monetary reform, when the republic was transitioning away from the colonial-era macuquina coinage system and attempting to standardize on decimal denominations. Whether this specific piece was struck at Potosí or as a proof-of-concept for Lima-assisted production remains unclear from existing records.
KM#PC3 cataloguing places it firmly in pattern/piedfort territory. Surviving examples are exceptionally rare.