4 Soles 1830 PTS Bolivia Countermark

4 Soles 1830 PTS Bolivia (Countermark) - obverse4 Soles 1830 PTS Bolivia (Countermark) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Paraguay
Period Republic (1811-date)
Year 1868
Value 4 Soles
Currency Cut and Countermarked coinage (1844-1872)
Composition Silver (.667)
Weight 13.5 g
Diameter 32 mm
Thickness 1.7 mm
Shape Round
Technique Countermarked
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
225530
References M# R13,
Miguel Ángel Pratt Mayans; 2013. Catálogo de monedas y ensayos de la República del Paraguay. M. A. Pratt Mayans, Asunción, Paraguay.
X# 19
George S. Cuhaj (editor); 2011. Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.

Obverse

Laureate head of Simón Bolívar facing right, countermarked with a circular punch with seated lion figure below Liberty cap on staff dividing date 1868 (One of the two national coats of arms called "Sello de Hacienda")

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBRE POR LA CONSTITUCION
1868
BOLIVAR

Translation: Free by the Constitution

Reverse

Two Llamas beneath tree with six stars above

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA
✶✶✶ ✶✶✶
PTS.4S.1830.J.L

Translation: Bolivian Republic

Edge

Reeded

Comments

Necessity coinage countermarked during the Paraguayan War (1864-70) between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Paraguayans numismatics are aware of the existence of a small die wich various coins from other countries were remarked. Catálogo de Monedas y Ensayos de la República del Paraguay. Miguel Angel Pratt Mayans, 2013 (MR13)
Countermark on Bolivia 4 Soles (KM#96a)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1868 (1830 PTS) Counterstamped year: 1868

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