^Lot 836 BOLIVIA, Potosí, 8 reales-sized award medal, Ferdinand VII, 1816, rare.

BOLIVIA, Potosí, 8 reales-sized award medal, Ferdinand VII, 1816, rare. Fonrobert-9401; Cunietti-816/01/02. 26.22 grams. Obverse with bust of king within legend EL REY EN PREMIO DE LA FIDELIDAD Y DE LA VIRTUD ANO DE 1816; reverse with crossed palm and olive branches inside crown within legend APRECIENSE LOS SERVICIOS DE ESTE MI BENEMERITO VASSALLO; diagonally reeded edge. Once cleaned, now deeply toned with splashes of blue and purple, some heavy old scratches but unholed (rare thus). This issue was an award for loyal indigenous people who participated in the re-conquest of Potosí by the Spanish, expelling the patriot troops of General José Rondeau Pereyra.