8 Sueldos 1852-1856 [Bolivia]

Name: Монеты 8 Sueldos 1852-1856 [Bolivia]
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Reverse
In the central part is a breadfruit tree; at the base of the trunk, two alpacas are lying facing each other. Behind the alpacas are numbers: behind the left one '10', behind the right one '20'. Above the crown, nine five-pointed stars are arranged in a semicircle. Along the edge of the coin, text from left to right: the country name in Spanish 'REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA' (Republic of Bolivia), at the bottom the Latin letters 'PTS', the inscription '8S' (8 sueldos), the mint year '1855', the engraver's mark 'MJ', with dots between the inscriptions. The edge is decorated with decorative denticles.
Obverse
In the center is a left-facing portrait of Bolivia's first president, Simón Bolívar, wearing a laurel wreath. On the truncation is the person's name 'Bolivar'. Along the rim, inscriptions in Spanish: left and right 'LIBRE POR LA CONSTITUCION.' (Free by the Constitution). The edge of the coin features decorative raised denticles.