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Bolivia, silver cliché (trial) medal, 1883, Bolivar / First Vice President, very rare (possibly uniq

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Bolivia, silver cliché (trial) medal, 1883, Bolivar / First Vice President, very rare (possibly uniq
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Bolivia, silver cliché (trial) medal, 1883, Bolivar / First Vice President, very rare (possibly unique). 17.20 grams Obverse with bust of Bolivar above LIBERTADOR / SIMON BOLIVAR inside legend INSIGNIA DEL PRIMER-VICE-PRESIDENTE; reverse with arms of Bolivia between REPUBLICA and BOLIVIANA above nine stars and date 1883 at bottom. XF in bright silver color, thin and hollow as made from uniface trials sandwiched together, very important as a trial of the gold badge of office for the new office of first-vice-president, as specified in a May 10, 1883, decree: "Los vice-presidentes de la república llevarán como insignia de su carácter oficial, una medalla de oro, pendiente de una cinta tricolor teniendo estampado en el anverso el busto del Libertador Simon Bolívar, para el primer vice-presidente, y el del jeneral Antonio José de Sucre para el segundo vice-presidente. En el reverso de ámbas medallas se grabará el escudo nacional, con el exergo y milésimo que serán determinados conforme a disposición especial. Estas medallas serán trasmitidas en cada período constitucional a los ciudadanos que fueren proclamados para desempeñar las funciones de la primera y segunda vice-presidencia."