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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1649-50) O, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cross, ex

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1649-50) O, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cross, ex
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1649-50) O, with crown-alone countermark (rare variety) on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-17b; Cal-Type 279. 12.57 grams. Choice full countermark (Mastalir K6) at upper right of full but off-center cross, full but weaker shield with bold full assayer to left, minor surface pitting, toned in crevices, one crude edge-split. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and plated on page 382 of Mastalir's book The Great Transition at the Potosí Mint, 1649-1652: The 1649-1652 Crowned Shield Coinage and the Countermarks of 1652, Part B: The Countermarks of 1652 (2020). Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador