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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1650) O, no countermark (rare), ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate.

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1650) O, no countermark (rare), ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate.
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1650) O, no countermark (rare), ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-17b; Cal-1106. 10.05 grams. Broad flan with good full crown, shield, and cross, bold full P-O and 4-O, toned in crevices, slightly thin from corrosion. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and Sedwick Auction 24 (lot 441), also plated on page 410 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