PERU. Simon Bolivar -- Liberator of Cuzco Gold Proclamation Medal, 1825. PCGS AU-58 Gold Shield.40.25 gms. Fonrobert-9205 var. (silver). Obverse: SIMON BOLIVAR LIBR DE COLOMB Y DEL PERU, uniformed bust right; Reverse: EL CUZCO A SU LIBERTADOR, native seated before Incan ruins; rising sun upon the horizon in background. Unheard of in gold, this incredibly strongRARE /strongmedal honors the famous South American "liberator," Simon Bolivar, who was appointed dictator by the congress in Peru, allowing him to make vast structural changes to the fledgling nations military and government administration. While known in silver, this cataloger could locate no other examples in gold. Worthy of intense consideration and focus by the advanced collector of South American rarities or the connoisseur of proclamation medals. Assuredly, a crowning achievement in the collection of either.
