2 Soles '1/4 Melgarejo' - Mariano Melgarejo Belzu Murder - Monetary medal

Location Bolivia
Year 1865
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Silver (.666)
Weight 5 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge Milled
Period Republic (1825-2009)
Notice
Reference(s) Burnett#100A1, Fonrobert#9675 var., Tapia#246
Obverse description Bust of General Mariano Melgarejo, on representation of olive and laurel branches, surrounds the legend
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering SALVADOR DE LA PATRIA Y SU PACIFICADOR EN 1865
Reverse description Condor in flight, carrying olive branches in its claws and a cornucopia that sheds flowers, surrounded of the legend
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering POTOSI A. S. E. EL JENERAL MARIANO MELGAREJO
(Translation: POTOSI TO HIS EXCELLENCE JENERAL MARIANO MELGAREJO)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 8248854260
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