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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 677950, member: 8033&quot;]OK folks I picked up two more for the Bolivian collection today from the Bolivian Bonanza. Not as nice as the 8 Soles I got last week but got them at melt. </p><p>First a 4 Soles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/4solo.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/4solo.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/4solo.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/4solr.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/4solr.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/4solr.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The second is a Half Melgarejo. I picked this one up for the history if nothing else.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/malo.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/malo.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/malo.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/malr.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/malr.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/malr.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Did a little reading on Mariano Melgarejo and seems he wasn&#039;t the nicest guy in the world nor was he especially helpful to Bolivia as a nation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a link to him on Wiki if anyone is interersted.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Melgarejo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Melgarejo" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Melgarejo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Still may pick up a few more tidbits from this lot. Perhaps some of the Chilean or Brazilian. There was a nice 1916 Cuban Un Peso but my coworker snatched it up as he collects that stuff more than I and he gets first dibs due to seniority. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m good with that as he&#039;s built up an impressimve collection of World coins that were minted in the U.S.</p><p><br /></p><p>A side jaunt for me but I do enjoy it from time to time.</p><p><br /></p><p>clembo[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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