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8 Soles
| Uitgever | Bolivia |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1841-1846 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Bare-headed and laureate bust of Simón Bolívar in high relief, facing right, with finely engraved hair and a laurel wreath, truncated at the shoulder. The name BOLIVAR appears in the lower field beneath the truncation. The encircling legend LIBRE POR LA CONSTITUCION runs around the periphery, separated by a rope-twist border at the rim. |
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| Oplage | 1841 PTS LR - - 1841 PTS LR - Error: `CONSTITUCIN` - 1842 PTS LR - - 1843 PTS LR - overdate variety exists - 1844 PTS R - - 1845 PTS R - - 1845 PTS R - `LA/L` in reverse legend - 1846 PTS R - with overdate variety - |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Bolivia's 8 soles issues of this period were struck at the Potosí mint, sitting atop the Cerro Rico at over 4,000 meters elevation — the same mountain that had been hemorrhaging silver into global trade circuits since the Spanish colonial period. By the 1840s, Potosí was well past its colonial peak but still functioning, supplying coinage to a republic that had only declared independence in 1825 and was still assembling the basic machinery of a national monetary system.
The .903 fineness reflects a deliberate step down from colonial-era standards, adopted as the new state balanced metal costs against the need for circulating currency across a landlocked and sparsely connected territory.