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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1650-51) O, with crown-alone countermark on shield, ex-Ponte, Mastal

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1650-51) O, with crown-alone countermark on shield, ex-Ponte, Mastal
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1650-51) O, with crown-alone countermark on shield, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-17b; Cal-Type 279. 9.48 grams. Broad flan with much thinning from corrosion (also darkly toned), bold full countermark on left part of full shield, very weak cross. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and plated on page 267 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