8 Scudos

Bolivia's 8 escudo gold coinage of this period was produced at the Potosí mint, operating on silver wealth that had largely dried up by mid-century. The 1851 issue falls within a politically turbulent stretch following the dissolution of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation — the country had cycled through multiple heads of state in the decade prior, and mint administration reflected that instability in inconsistent output.

KM#110 is among the final emissions of the traditional Spanish colonial-derived escudo standard before Bolivia transitioned to decimal coinage in 1864.