1952 GOLD BOLIVIA 50 BOLIVIANOS 35 GRAMOS NGC MINT STATE 62 "REVOLUTION"

Description: REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA VICTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY NATIONAL MOVEMENT (MNR) IN THE 1952 REVOLUTION - COMMEMORATING GENERAL GUALBERTO VILLARROEL 50 BOLIVIANOS COIN CERTIFED BY NGC MINT STATE 62 OBV: NATIONAL ARMS. REV: UNIFORMED PORTRAIT BUST OF GUALBERTO VILLARROEL LEFT; DATE BELOW FLANKED BY FIVE-POINTED STARS. X # 13 THE REVOLUTIONARY NATIONAL MOVEMENT (MOVIMIENTO NACIONALISTA REVOLUCIONARIO or MNR) POLITICAL PARTY, WAS FOUNDED IN 1941. IT ATTRACTED SOME INTELLIGENTSIA OF BOLIVIA, INCLUDING A WIDE ARRAY OF HISTORICAL BOLIVIAN NOTABLES AS SUPPORTERS, AND A NUMBER OF FUTURE PRESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN NATION. THE MNR FIRST CAME TO POWER IN 1941 AFTER A MILITARY COUP d'ÉTAT STAGED BY THEN MAJOR GUALBERTO VILLARROEL (b. 1908, d. 1946). HE FORMED A REFORMIST MILITARY COALITION WITH THE MNR, BECOMING deFACTO PRESIDENT, AND INSTITUTING FAR-REACHING LABOR AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS. THE UNITED STATES REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE VILLARROEL BECAUSE OF HIS APPARENT PRO-FASCIST, PRO-AXIS SYMPATHIES, BUT EVENTUALLY RELENTED AFTER VILLARROEL DISMISSED MINISTERS THAT WERE CONSIDERED "TAINTED" BY WASHINGTON. A CONSERVATIVE BACKLASH WITHIN BOLIVIA WAS MET BY FORCE, REPRESSION AND POLITICAL MURDER. THESE ACTS LED TO A NATIONAL REVOLT IN 1946. AN ANGERED HORDE OF TEACHERS, STUDENTS, WORKERS AND MARKETPLACE WOMEN BROKE INTO THE ARSENAL TO ARM THEMSELVES AND THEN BROKE INTO THE PALACE OF GOVERNMENT. THE ARMY REMAINED IN THE BARRACKS, UNMOVED TO ASSIST EITHER SIDE. THIS LED TO A SEIGE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE BY ANTI-GOVERNMENT FORCES BACKED BY THE CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION PARTIES, AND THE ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TOP AIDES. VILLARROEL'S CORPSE WAS TOSSED FROM THE BALCONY AND HUNG FROM A LAMP-POST. HE IS KNOWN AS "EL PRESIDENTE COLGADO (THE HANGED PRESIDENT)." HE IS STILL REVERED AS A HERO AND MARTYR BY THE MAJORITY OF THE BOLIVIAN PEOPLE. IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING, THE LABOR ELEMENTS IN THE COUNTRY BECAME MORE AND MORE RADICAL IN THE FACE OF SOCIAL UNREST AND ECONOMIC DECLINE. IN 1949, THE MNR STAGED A COUP AND GAINED CONTROL OF MANY MAJOR CITIES BUT WERE ULTIMATELY UNSUCCESSFUL. TAKING POWER BY LEGAL MEANS FAILED IN 1951. THE CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION THAT HAD GAINED CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT SINCE THE DEATH OF VILLARROEL USED INCREASINGLY BRUTAL AND OPPRESSIVE TACTICS TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. THE MNR RETURNED TO POWER BY STAGING THE 1952 REVOLUTION. THEY MARCHED ON THE LA PAZ ARSENAL, DISTRIBUTED ARMS TO CIVILIANS, ARMED MINERS AND BLOCKED ARMY REINFORCEMENTS INTO THE CITY. THE DEMORALIZED ARMY SURRENDERED AFTER THREE DAYS OF FIGHTING. THE MNR WOULD HOLD POWER FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS, NATIONALIZING THE MINES AND ADOPTING AGRARIAN REFORMS, BUT BOLIVIA CONTINUED TOWARD ECONOMIC DECLINE AND INFLATION. THE FAILURE OF ESTABLISHING A FIRM CIVILIAN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT, INCREASED FACTIONALISM AND OPEN DISSENT, ERRORS IN POLICY, IDEOLOGIC DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE LEADERSHIP AND GENERAL CORRUPTION WEAKENED THE PARTY AND DESTROYED THE ATTEMPTS AT REFORM. CONTAINS 38.9 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (1.1256 OZS AGW) OR 35 GRAMS OF ACTUAL GOLD 35 MM IN DIAMETER ONLY 2,857 MINTED! PARIS MINT USA shipping is per item. All packages fully insured.You can arrange pickup from our Fort Lauderdale storefront locationOur business hours are Monday - Friday 10:00am-5:00pm ESTFlorida Sales Tax applicable to invoice totals under $500 on any NON USA minted itemsINTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & DELIVERYPLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE CRISIS OCCURRING INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY HAS BECOME DELAYED ONCE THE PACKAGE ARRIVES TO CUSTOMS. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. WE CAN OFFER FEDEX SHIPPING HOWEVER THE COST IS MUCH HIGHER. 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Price: 3750 USD

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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