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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 lettering | SALVADOR DE LA PATRIA Y SU PACIFICADOR EN
1865 |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | Condor in flight, carrying olive branches in its claws and a cornucopia that sheds flowers, surrounded of the legend |
Reverse lettering | POTOSI
A. S. E. EL JENERAL MARIANO MELGAREJO (Translation: POTOSI TO HIS EXCELLENCE JENERAL MARIANO MELGAREJO) |
Reverse script | Latin |
Engraver | Potosi, Bolivia (1572-1953) |
Mintage | 1865 - -
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Catalog ID | 8248854260 |
Comments | |