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1 Boliviano Pattern
| Issuer | Bolivia |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1884 PTS FE - Proof |
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Bolivia's decimal coinage reform had been grinding forward since the 1860s, but the 1 Boliviano unit took years to settle into an accepted design. This 1884 pattern was struck as part of the evaluation process — physical proposals submitted for official approval rather than released into commerce. Pattern strikes of this period were typically produced in very small numbers, often fewer than a dozen examples, making survivors genuinely scarce regardless of condition.
The Potosí mint, operating since the colonial silver boom of the 1540s, handled most Bolivian pattern work in this decade.