Anyone care to take a stab at attributing these? Most likely Bolivian as it's part of the Bolivian collection we recently bought at work. I bought a few without holes. These belong to my boss but he let me take them home for opinions. http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/bob1o.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/bob1r.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/bob2o.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/bob2r.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/bob3o.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x275/clembo1872/forums/bob3r.jpg Have at it experts. Any opinions are appreciated. clembo
The only non-Bolivan coins there are the two 2 reales in the first group, which are from Peru (Lima mint), dated 1802 and 1780. In the second set, the 2 reales looks like 1813 but the last digit is strongly repunched. In the final set, the last two coins with llamas on the reverse are 1/4 soles. The cob is a bit worn, hard to tell what it is. The top 'coin' looks like a proclamation (read propaganda) medal. There were hundreds of these issued from independence to about 1900. This one appears to refer to the president in 1829, who was Andres Santa Cruz. It mentions the workers at Potosi, I assume they mean the silver miners.
Dang it!!! I hate seeing beautiful coins which have been holed thru, some ppl should be hung by their will knots. Beauties except for you know what. I mean they would be nice to own but still, it chaps my tether!!!
Yes, Those holed coins hurt don't they? They hurt me as well but look at it from the native's point of view. It's nothing to them. Just a hunk of silver from the mines they have known about since before the Spaniards arrived. The silver is valuable the coins mean nothing. We bought a small hoard of Bolivian (mainly) coins and at least half of them were holed. Easier to to wear around your neck than put them in pockets you probably didn't have.
Now I like them with the holes or without, thing is with the hole it must have meant quite a bit to the person who wore it round there neck as a love token or good luck charm Again they might have been holed for ease of transport by naitives
