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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 25395287, member: 4910&quot;]Another Bolivia General Melgarejo 1865 coin which I have had since the 1960&#039;s:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_bolivia_melgarejo_1865.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Silver, 35.0 mm, 19.20 gm, 0.666 fine</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:</p><p>General Melgarejo facing left</p><p>AL PACIFICADOR DE BOLIVIA F.P.</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>GRATITUD DEL PUEBLO POTOSINO EN 1865 AL VALOR DEL JENERAL MELGAREJO</p><p>666 Ms 400 Gs</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;To the peacemaker of Bolivia gratitude of the town of Potosi in 1865 to the valor of General Melgarejo&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The initials &quot;F.P.&quot; are of the mint assayer &#039;F&#039; for Fortunato Equivar and &#039;P&#039; for his unrecorded assistant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numista:</p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces42613.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces42613.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces42613.html</a></p><p>The Numista website states that the coin is 37 mm and 20 gm but my coin is 35.0 mm and 19.20 gm.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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