Potosi, Bolivia, 60 soles (prize medal), 1850, Belzu, PCGS AU details / damage. Burnett-30A; Fonrobert-cf 9551. Obverse with standing Liberty placing wreath to left over bare bust of Belzu on pedestal within legend M.Y. BELZU PRESIDENTE CONSTITUCIONAL DE LA RA BOLIVIANA with date flanked by eight-point flowers in exergue; reverse with lion sleeping with nude boy in front of palm within legend EL PUEBLO DESCANZA CON SEGURIDAD BAJO LA SOMBRA DE LA LIBERTAD with PREMIO flanked by eight-point stars in exergue; plain edge. Bold strike with light toning all over, several old gouges in field to right of Liberty and in exergue on that side (to test the metal?). PCGS #32917080. The Whittier Collection of Bolivian Monetary Medals
Estimate: $700-1000