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Bolivia, oval silver medal with upper ring, Melgarejo, 1865.

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Bolivia, oval silver medal with upper ring, Melgarejo, 1865.
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Bolivia, oval silver medal with upper ring, Melgarejo, 1865. 32.7 grams. Lightly golden-toned XF, problem-free, with usual bust of Melgarejo on obverse and dates (months and days) within wreath on reverse, topped by an oval-wreath-shaped hanger in loop. Melgarejo was perhaps the most ruthless in a string of Bolivian tyrants in the mid-1800s and was overthrown in 1871 by yet another military dictator, Agustin Morales.