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I think there are a number of problems here. Of course, the dies were made of bad metal. This problem remained when they started minting boliviano coins later. But perhaps the main reason for the fre… (View Post)

In this case, the word PESO is not the name of a monetary unit (like the word dollar), but the word WEIGHT (WEIGHT OF 400 GRAINS). This word was also minted on other coins of small denominations (the… (View Post)

According to the book by Prado Robles, G. (2001) "Effects of the economic development of the coin in Bolivia, 1830-1870" in 1859, 68,701 coins were minted. As I understand it, this number i… (View Post)

Guatemala Type IV Counterstamp on Bolivia 8 Soles 1834. Same design as Type III but struck in the same place on each side using a double-sided device, as opposed to double-countermarking. The double-… (View Post)

Certainly a much different beast than this: I also wanted to show this contemporary counterfeit as an example!)))) Did you buy it on eBay? While I was calculating the shipping cost, this contemporary… (View Post)