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8 Scudos
| Issuer | Bolivia |
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| Year | 1852-1857 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA PTS·8 S·1854·M·21·Qs· |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Bolivia's 8 scudo gold coinage of this period was struck at the Potosí mint, operating on silver-rich revenues that had already peaked centuries earlier. By the 1850s the mint was handling gold largely as a prestige exercise — Potosí's identity was bound to silver, and gold denominations of this size circulated primarily among merchants and in international settlement rather than in domestic trade.
The assayer initials appearing on these coins changed across the issue's short run, making die attribution a reliable dating tool within the 1852–1857 window.