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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1649-50) O, with crowned-L countermark on shield and crowned-? count

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1649-50) O, with crowned-L countermark on shield and crowned-? count
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1649-50) O, with crowned-L countermark on shield and crowned-? countermark on cross (very rare with two countermarks), ex-Ponte, ex-Hudson, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-17b; Cal-Type 279. 13.78 grams. Full and deep countermark on upper half of full shield with bold P-O to left, full but weaker cross with partial countermark at bottom that looks like crowned-C or crowned-O based on the style of crown and border, no corrosion, contrastingly toned, minor edge-split. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and the Louis Hudson Collection (Sedwick Auction 6, lot 349), also plated on page 120 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