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Potosi, Bolivia, silver 1/4 melgarejo-sized medal, (no date, struck 1868), navigation on the Amazon

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Potosi, Bolivia, silver 1/4 melgarejo-sized medal, (no date, struck 1868), navigation on the Amazon
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Potosi, Bolivia, silver 1/4 melgarejo-sized medal, (no date, struck 1868), navigation on the Amazon (Province of Mejillones), plain-edge piedfort (rare). Burnett-133.1. 9.76 grams. Obverse with bust of Melgarejo inside legend MELGAREJO AL PUEBLO; reverse with MEJILLONES / NAVEGACION / DEL/ AMAZONAS inside legend UNION AMERICANA at top and COMUNIDAD DE CIUDADANIA at bottom. Mint State with faint toning and muted luster.