^Lot 954 BOLIVIA, Potosí, "10 soles"-sized monetary medal, 1825, Bolívar.

BOLIVIA, Potosí, "10 soles"-sized monetary medal, 1825, Bolívar. Burnett-3A2; Fonrobert-9465. 34.83 grams. 42 mm. Obverse with military portrait of Bolívar facing right inside legend SIMON BOLIVAR LIBERTADOR DE COLOMBIA Y DEL PERU .; reverse with Cerro de Potosí with city at base and radiant sunface above within legend POTOSI MANIFIESTA SU GRATITUD AL GENIO DE LA LIBERTAD . 1825 . Near AU with lovely toning but with crudely repaired hole at top. Popular and important as from the first series of Bolivian monetary medals struck after independence.