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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1650 O, with crowned-S countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate

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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1650 O, with crowned-S countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, 1650 O, with crowned-S countermark on cross, ex-Ponte, Mastalir Plate. S-P35; KM-17b; Cal-1106. 10.00 grams. Thin from corrosion but with nearly full countermark in middle of cross with hint of date in legend, good full cross with clear P-O and 4-O, edge-split, no toning. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and plated on page 214 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), also pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 15 (lot 491). Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador