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4 Soles
| Issuer | Bolivia |
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| Year | 1830 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBRE POR LA CONSTITUCION BOLIVAR |
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| Mintage | 1830 OR JL - KM# 96a.3 (Additional mint mark on upper part of island; Mint mark as OR ligature) - 1830 PTS J - KM# 96a.1 (Mint mark in monogram) - 1830 PTS JL - KM# 96a.1 (Mint mark in monogram) overdate varieties exist - 1830 PTS JL - KM# 96a.2 (Additional mint mark on lower part of island; Mint mark in monogram - see picture in comments section) overdate variety exists - |
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Bolivia's early republican coinage was struck at the Potosí mint, the same facility that had produced Spanish colonial silver for nearly three centuries. The 1830 date places this coin in the immediate aftermath of independence, when the new republic was still resolving what its monetary system would look like — and the .667 fineness reflects a deliberate step down from colonial standards, partly to stretch silver reserves and partly to fund a state with almost no stable revenue base.
KM#96a distinguishes this from the slightly later type, a distinction that turns on assayer initial combinations at Potosí.