1 Onza, Bolivia, 1868
1 Onza, Bolivia, 1868
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) onza coin
- Potosi, Bolivia, 1868
- Obverse Image: An eagle perches on top of an image of a mountain with a sun in the background and cannon in the foreground
- Obverse Text: REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA
- Reverse Image: Laurel wreath
- Reverse Text: 1 ONZA 500 G ; 9. D : FINO, LA UNION ES LA FUERZA; 1868
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- Date made
- 1868
- associated date
- 1868
- place made
- Bolivia
- place of issue
- Bolivia
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall:.2 cm x 3.4 cm; 3/32 in x 1 11/32 in
- ID Number
- NU.68.159.1246
- accession number
- 283645
- catalog number
- 68.159.1246
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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