| Description: |
10 Bolivianos Monetary Medal, 1867. 28mm, 15.1 grams. Presidential Entry into
Potosí. Bearded head of Mariano Melgarejo l., legend ENTRADA DE S.E. EL
PRESIDENTE. GRAL. MELGAREJO. Rv. Hill of Potosí with presidential coach and
marching military escort, visit of Dec. 20, 1867. Burnett 107. Burnett, Paul Bosco and
Smithsonian Curator Richard Doty have catalogued the many once-mysterious Bolivian Gold
and Silver pieces of this stormy era that obviously circulated freely as coins, dubbing
them ''Monetary Medals.'' These issues are descended from the Proclamation pieces of the
Spanish monarchs and are now enthusiastically sought by advanced collectors of Latin
American coins. |
