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Potosí's Cerro Rico mountain once produced enough silver to mint half the world's currency in the 16th century.

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Potosí

Potosí is a city and the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world by elevation at a nominal 4,090 metres (13,420 ft) (13,420 feet). and it is the location of an old famous Spanish colonial mint which is nowadays the National Mint of Bolivia. Potosí lies beneath the Cerro de Potosí—sometimes referred to as the Cerro Rico ("rich mountain")—a mountain popularly conceived of as being "made of" silver ore, which has always dominated the city.

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