FREE: 3 Coins Honoring Native Leaders

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Up for auction are 3 coins honoring leaders from Central and South America that led resistance forces against the invasion by Spanish conquistadors.

Columbia (Republica de Colombia) 1966 10 centavos

Cacique (Chief) Calarcá led the Pijao people of the Andes mountains. They were warriors famous for their cruelty and under Chief Calarca, fiercely resisted Spanish conquest. In 1602 the Pijaos, led by Calarcá, started a general war against the Europeans until the Pijaos were defeated in 1608.

Honduras 1991 50 centavos de Lempira

During the 1530s chief Lempira was a ruler of the indigenous Lenca people. His name means "Lord of the Mountains." He is renowned in Honduran folklore for unifying more than 200 rival tribes to form a resistance army of 30,000 against the Spanish conquistador Francisco de Montejo. Chief Lempira died in 1537 and the resistance movement ended.

Mexico 1981 50 centavos

Cuauhtémoc (1495 – 28 February 1525) was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521. He was captured by the Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés. He was tortured by the Spanish but never revealed the location of the mythical gold they desired.

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