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Colombia (struck in Europe), large copper medal, (1827), Bolivar, very rare.

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Colombia (struck in Europe), large copper medal, (1827), Bolivar, very rare.
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Colombia (struck in Europe), large copper medal, (1827), Bolivar, very rare. Fonrobert-unl. 40mm; 32.81 grams. Obverse with high-relief military bust of Bolivar within legend COLOMBIA A SU LIBERTADOR; reverse with SIMON BOLIVAR / ILUSTRE GENERAL / SABIO LEGISLADOR / CIUDADANO INTEGRO / LIBERTADOR / Y / PADRE DE SU PATRIA with boughs at top and bottom. Choice AU+ with traces of rainbow toning around details against an overall burnt-umber color, minimal marks. The first mention we can find of this issue is the August 27, 1859 issue of El Mosaico newspaper, which shows a drawing of the medal and says it came from Dr. Jose Manuel Restrepo "quien la obtuvo de manos del mismo Libertador" ("who obtained it from the hands of the Liberator himself"). We can trace another specimen in copper to the A. Weyl auction of April 1899 (lot #2445), and three other specimens--one copper, one silver and one white metal--appear in the Salbach collection auction of February 1911. Also this medal appears (in silver) in Plate 1.A.11 on page 41 of Ezequiel Urdaneta Braschi's Bolivar en la numismatica conmemorativa y en las condecoraciones (1983). The current confirmed population is fewer than ten in all metals (two or three of which are holed).