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335, Lot: 720. Estimate $50.
Sold for $30. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOLIVIA, Republic. 1825-present. Silver Plated Medal (20mm, 3.29 g, 12h). Commemorating Mercedes Coll Rivero, Wife of José Ballivián, President of Bolivia. Potosi mint. Struck before late December 1847. Pair of doves, one in flight toward other standing in nest; POTOSI below nest / Lighted and garlanded hexagonal altar. Cf. Fonrobert 9462 and 9462a (for type, but in gold); cf. Baldwin’s 53, lot 2599 (same). VF, toned, holed for suspension, small areas of exposed core on reverse.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.5983).