950 Silver Medal Pendant Virgin of Socavón

Composition: Approximately 3.09 grams of 950 silver (extracted from the Cerro Rico of Potosí), with Andean aguayo application. The product comes in a craft tin.

As it is handmade, the product may present small imperfections and differences in the fabric patterns.

HANDMADE

Curiosity: The wealth of Potosí was so great that in the book Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes created the expression “worth a Potosí,” which meant something worth a fortune. In 1595, the mine became the largest silver producer in the world. At the time of Don Quixote, it had approximately 150,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populous city in the world (after Paris) and one of the richest, due to the silver exploitation sent to Spain.