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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 2560371, member: 4910&quot;]Bolivia General Melgarejo 1865 coin:</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><br /></p><p>Legends:</p><p>AL PACIFICADOR DE BOLIVIA F.P.</p><p>GRATITUD DEL PUEBLO POTOSINO EN 1865 AL VALOR DEL JENERAL MELGAREJO</p><p>666 Ms 400 Gs</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;To the peacemaker of Bolivia gratitude of the town of Potosi in 1865 to the valor of General Melgarejo&quot;</i></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>Manuel Mariano Melgarejo Valencia (1818-1871) was dictator of Bolivia from December 28, 1864, to January 15, 1871.</p><p><br /></p><p>Melgarejo was one of the most incompetent leaders of Bolivia. </p><p><br /></p><p>He came to power by murdering his predecessor, then ruthlessly suppressed the opposition and assaulted the traditional rights of the country&#039;s population.</p><p><br /></p><p>He also managed to give parts of Bolivia to Brazil and Chile.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually opposition to Melgarejo succeeded in ridding the country of his tyranny. On January 15, 1871, he was toppled by the army commander, General Morales. He fled to Lima where he was assassinated later that year by his lover&#039;s brother.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia:</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><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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