^Lot 793 BOLIVIA, La Plata, 8 reales proclamation medal, Ferdinand VII, 1808, NGC AU 58.

BOLIVIA, La Plata, 8 reales proclamation medal, Ferdinand VII, 1808, NGC AU 58, "top pop." Fonrobert-9391; Medina-311; Herrera-26. Obverse with crowned, rampant lion holding down a two-headed eagle with his lower paw, the upper paw touching a double-stacked castle, inside legend . FERDINANDO . VII [ornament] HISP . ET IND . R . [La Plata monogram] . 1808; reverse with La Plata city arms (double-headed eagle, three mountains, four castles) inside legend . OPTIMO . PRINC . PUBLICE . FIDELIT . IURAT . [ornament]; square-and-circle edge per bust-type 8 reales. Very richly toned, with parts of rims weak due to slightly off-center strike, attractive example of a scarce and popular medal symbolizing support for the Spanish resistance under Ferdinand VII against the Napoleonic regime in Spain. Tied with one other for finest in the NGC census.

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