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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1650) O, with crowned-O countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Pla

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1650) O, with crowned-O countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Pla
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, (1650) O, with crowned-O countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-17b; Cal-1106. 9.38 grams. Nicely detailed despite corrosive thinning, with both assayers bold flanking full shield, choice full cross with most of countermark at top left that Mastalir describes as the only known example of O2 subtype seen on a 4 reales, contrastingly toned. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and plated on page 194 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